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 |
|---|---|
| lackadaisical | lacking life, spirit, or zest : languid |
| phoenix | a legendary bird which according to one account lived 500 years, burned itself to ashes on a pyre, and rose alive from the ashes to live another period |
| titanic | having great magnitude, force, or power : colossal |
| harass | exhaust |
| finish | to come to an end : terminate |
| adherent | one who adheres to something: such as |
| antiseptic | opposing microbial infection |
| import | to bring from a foreign or external source: such as |
| inhibit | to prohibit from doing something |
| lank | not well filled out : slender |