GRE Word List
DEGENERATE
having declined or become less specialized (as in nature, character, structure, or function) from an ancestral or former state
The meaning of the word degenerate is having declined or become less specialized (as in nature, character, structure, or function) from an ancestral or former state.
Random words
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| humid | containing or characterized by perceptible moisture especially to the point of being oppressive |
| deft | characterized by facility and skill |
| queer | differing in some way from what is usual or normal : odd |
| aviary | a place for keeping birds confined |
| fatalism | a doctrine that events are fixed in advance so that human beings are powerless to change them |
| waylay | to lie in wait for or attack (someone) from ambush |
| ensue | to strive to attain : pursue |
| malign | evil in nature, influence, or effect : injurious |
| maverick | an unbranded range animal |
| squash | to press or beat into a pulp or a flat mass : crush |