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 |
|---|---|
| supposititious | fraudulently substituted : spurious |
| rejuvenate | to make young or youthful again : give new vigor to |
| oligarchy | government by the few |
| repulse | to drive or beat back : repel |
| minuscule | very small |
| enact | to establish by legal and authoritative act |
| laceration | the act of lacerating |
| potent | having or wielding force, authority, or influence : powerful |
| verbatim | in the exact words : word for word |
| desultory | marked by lack of definite plan, regularity, or purpose |