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 |
|---|---|
| wrongheaded | stubborn in adherence to wrong opinion or principles |
| aperture | an opening or open space : hole |
| trenchant | keen |
| didactic | designed or intended to teach |
| vigilante | a member of a volunteer committee organized to suppress and punish crime summarily (as when the processes of law are viewed as inadequate) |
| capitulate | to surrender often after negotiation of terms |
| cataclysm | flood |
| scraps | fragments of discarded or leftover food |
| lineage | descent in a line from a common progenitor |
| dissemble | to hide under a false appearance |