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 |
|---|---|
| subjective | of, relating to, or constituting a subject: such as |
| ego | the self especially as contrasted with another self or the world |
| hurtle | to move rapidly or forcefully |
| wan | suggestive of poor health : sickly |
| yoke | a wooden bar or frame by which two draft animals (such as oxen) are joined at the heads or necks for working together |
| sledge | sledgehammer |
| implode | to burst inward |
| prolific | producing young or fruit especially freely : fruitful |
| drivel | nonsense |
| transcendental | transcendent |