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.
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| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| irrevocable | not possible to revoke : unalterable |
| stamina | the bodily or mental capacity to sustain a prolonged stressful effort or activity : endurance |
| inverse | opposite in order, nature, or effect |
| paraphrase | a restatement of a text, passage, or work giving the meaning in another form |
| levee | a reception held by a person of distinction on rising from bed |
| trim | to remove by or as if by cutting |
| pliable | supple enough to bend freely or repeatedly without breaking |
| discriminate | to mark or perceive the distinguishing or peculiar features of |
| torpor | a state of mental and motor inactivity with partial or total insensibility |
| impeach | to charge with a crime or misdemeanor |