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 |
|---|---|
| skeptic | an adherent or advocate of skepticism |
| draught | a rough written version of something that is not yet in its final form; to write the first rough version of something such as a letter, speech, book or law; to choose people and send them somewhere for a special task |
| taciturn | temperamentally disinclined to talk |
| hardy | bold |
| laceration | the act of lacerating |
| ascertain | to find out or learn with certainty |
| swelter | to suffer, sweat, or be faint from heat |
| protean | of or resembling Proteus in having a varied nature or ability to assume different forms |
| indubitable | too evident to be doubted : unquestionable |
| invalid | not valid: |