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 |
|---|---|
| bicker | petulant quarreling : altercation |
| saunter | to walk about in an idle or leisurely manner : stroll |
| hibernate | to pass the winter in a torpid or resting state |
| sportive | frolicsome |
| enmity | positive, active, and typically mutual hatred or ill will |
| specious | having a false look of truth or genuineness : sophistic |
| indict | to charge with a crime by the finding or presentment of a jury (such as a grand jury) in due form of law |
| scourge | whip |
| dumbfound | to confound (see confound |
| persist | to go on resolutely or stubbornly in spite of opposition, importunity, or warning |