GRE Word List
EFFETE
no longer fertile
The meaning of the word effete is no longer fertile.
Random words
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| disaffected | discontented and resentful especially against authority : rebellious |
| inchoate | being only partly in existence or operation : incipient |
| obsessive | tending to cause obsession |
| marked | having an identifying mark |
| autopsy | an examination of a body after death to determine the cause of death or the character and extent of changes produced by disease |
| heyday | the period of one's greatest popularity, vigor, or prosperity |
| smelt | any of a family (Osmeridae) of small bony fishes that closely resemble the trouts in general structure, live along coasts and ascend rivers to spawn or are landlocked, and have delicate oily flesh with a distinctive odor and taste |
| brood | the young of an animal or a family of young |
| expose | to deprive of shelter, protection, or care : subject to risk from a harmful action or condition |
| gnome | maxim |