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 |
|---|---|
| fervid | very hot : burning |
| stickler | one who insists on exactness or completeness in the observance of something |
| prefatory | of, relating to, or constituting a preface |
| blare | to sound loud and strident |
| gross | glaringly noticeable usually because of inexcusable badness or objectionableness |
| hermitage | the habitation of a hermit |
| indignation | anger aroused by something unjust, unworthy, or mean |
| pantomime | pantomimist |
| pendulous | poised without visible support |
| mantle | a loose sleeveless garment worn over other clothes : cloak |