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 |
|---|---|
| devise | to form in the mind by new combinations or applications of ideas or principles : invent |
| ruminate | to go over in the mind repeatedly and often casually or slowly |
| heckler | one who heckles someone (such as a performer or speaker) usually by shouting criticisms or insults |
| ward | the action or process of guarding |
| gallows | a frame usually of two upright posts and a transverse beam from which criminals are hanged |
| bizarre | strikingly out of the ordinary: such as |
| slick | having a smooth surface : slippery |
| adverse | acting against or in a contrary direction : hostile |
| quench | put out |
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