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 |
|---|---|
| denouement | the final outcome of the main dramatic complication in a literary work |
| haggard | not tamed |
| cursory | rapidly and often superficially performed or produced : hasty |
| odious | arousing or deserving hatred or repugnance : hateful |
| vying | contending; to strive for superiority |
| prodigal | characterized by profuse or wasteful expenditure : lavish |
| domineer | to exercise arbitrary or overbearing control |
| replicate | duplicate |
| smug | highly self-satisfied |
| check | to inspect, examine, or look at appraisingly or appreciatively |