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 |
|---|---|
| amalgam | a mixture of different elements |
| sundry | including many things of different kinds : miscellaneous |
| inculcate | to teach and impress by frequent repetitions or admonitions |
| bequeath | to give or leave by will (see will |
| stampede | a wild headlong rush or flight of frightened animals |
| naivete | a naive remark or action |
| abstain | to choose not to do or have something : to refrain deliberately and often with an effort of self-denial from an action or practice |
| adamant | unshakable or insistent especially in maintaining a position or opinion : unyielding |
| ravenous | rapacious |
| effeminate | having feminine qualities untypical of a man : not manly in appearance or manner |