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 |
|---|---|
| engender | beget |
| uninhibited | free from inhibition |
| patronize | to act as patron of : provide aid or support for |
| ferment | to undergo fermentation |
| apathy | lack of feeling or emotion : impassiveness |
| remunerative | serving to remunerate |
| brindled | having obscure dark streaks or flecks on a usually gray or tawny ground |
| cognate | of the same or similar nature : generically alike |
| scrappy | consisting of scraps |
| ramshackle | appearing ready to collapse : rickety |