GRE Word List
EFFETE
no longer fertile
The meaning of the word effete is no longer fertile.
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| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| willowy | abounding with willows |
| castigation | to subject to severe punishment, reproof, or criticism |
| carping | marked by or inclined to querulous and often perverse criticism |
| poseur | a person who pretends to be what he or she is not : an affected or insincere person |
| visionary | having or marked by foresight and imagination |
| graphite | a soft black lustrous form of carbon that conducts electricity and is used in lead pencils and electrolytic anodes, as a lubricant, and as a moderator in nuclear reactors |
| verbiage | a profusion of words usually of little or obscure content |
| chameleon | any of a family (Chamaeleontidae) of chiefly arboreal (see arboreal |
| stamina | the bodily or mental capacity to sustain a prolonged stressful effort or activity : endurance |
| determinate | having defined limits |