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 |
|---|---|
| presentiment | a feeling that something will or is about to happen : premonition |
| benediction | the invocation (see invocation |
| alleviate | relieve |
| lace | to draw together the edges of by or as if by a lace passed through eyelets |
| relent | to become less severe, harsh, or strict usually from reasons of humanity |
| functional | of, connected with, or being a function |
| solemnity | formal or ceremonious observance of an occasion or event |
| factitious | produced by humans rather than by natural forces |
| tender | marked by, responding to, or expressing the softer emotions : fond |
| incorrigible | incapable of being corrected or amended: such as |