GRE Word List
EFFETE
no longer fertile
The meaning of the word effete is no longer fertile.
Random words
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| summation | the act or process of forming a sum : addition |
| lucre | monetary gain : profit |
| grisly | inspiring horror or intense fear |
| injurious | inflicting or tending to inflict injury : detrimental |
| fickle | marked by lack of steadfastness, constancy, or stability : given to erratic changeableness |
| pharisee | a member of a Jewish sect of the intertestamental period noted for strict observance of rites and ceremonies of the written law and for insistence on the validity of their own oral traditions concerning the law |
| backslide | to lapse morally or in the practice of religion |
| edifice | building |
| balmy | having the qualities of balm : soothing |
| actuarial | of or relating to actuaries |