GRE Word List
EFFETE
no longer fertile
The meaning of the word effete is no longer fertile.
Random words
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| malcontent | a discontented person: |
| blemish | to spoil by a flaw |
| balmy | having the qualities of balm : soothing |
| dilate | to become enlarged or widened |
| respite | a period of temporary delay |
| gloss_over | explain away with the intention of deceiving or hiding faults |
| discordant | being at variance : disagreeing |
| wince | to shrink back involuntarily (as from pain) : flinch |
| cornucopia | a curved, hollow goat's horn or similarly shaped receptacle (such as a horn-shaped basket) that is overflowing especially with fruit and vegetables (such as gourds, ears of corn, apples, and grapes) and that is used as a decorative motif emblematic of abundance |
| understate | to represent as less than is the case |