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 |
|---|---|
| snuffle | to snuff or sniff usually audibly and repeatedly |
| supplicate | to make a humble entreaty |
| compile | to compose out of materials from other documents |
| plummet | to fall perpendicularly |
| philatelist | a specialist in philately : one who collects or studies stamps |
| deposition | a testifying especially before a court |
| turgid | excessively embellished in style or language : bombastic |
| sacrilegious | committing or characterized by sacrilege : having or showing a lack of proper respect for a sacred person, place, or object |
| garner | to gather into storage |
| persist | to go on resolutely or stubbornly in spite of opposition, importunity, or warning |