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 |
|---|---|
| mock | to treat with contempt or ridicule : deride |
| breach | infraction or violation of a law, obligation, tie, or standard |
| vainglorious | marked by vainglory : boastful |
| necromancy | conjuration (see conjure |
| repudiate | to refuse to accept |
| incarnate | invested with bodily and especially human nature and form |
| remote | separated by an interval or space greater than usual |
| betroth | to promise to marry |
| allude | to make indirect reference |
| flighty | swift |