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 |
|---|---|
| toady | one who flatters in the hope of gaining favors : sycophant |
| latent | present and capable of emerging or developing but not now visible, obvious, active, or symptomatic |
| proliferate | to grow by rapid production of new parts, cells, buds, or offspring |
| aberration | the fact or an instance of deviating or being aberrant especially from a moral standard or normal state |
| chase | the hunting of wild animals |
| environ | encircle |
| censorious | marked by or given to censure (see censure |
| don | to put on (an article of clothing) |
| parameter | an arbitrary constant whose value characterizes a member of a system (such as a family of curves) |
| depredation | to lay waste : plunder |