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.

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misconductmismanagement especially of governmental or military responsibilities
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dissensiondisagreement
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institutionalizeto make into an institution : give character of an institution to
broodthe young of an animal or a family of young
grovelto creep with the face to the ground : crawl