GRE Word List
EFFETE
no longer fertile
The meaning of the word effete is no longer fertile.
Random words
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| alloy | the degree of mixture with base metals : fineness |
| mores | the fixed morally binding customs of a particular group |
| chafe | irritate |
| elope | to run away secretly with the intention of getting married usually without parental consent |
| painstaking | taking pains : expending, showing, or involving diligent care and effort |
| ordeal | a primitive means used to determine guilt or innocence by submitting the accused to dangerous or painful tests believed to be under supernatural control |
| ashen | of, relating to, or made from ash wood |
| pacifist | an adherent to pacifism : someone who opposes war or violence as a means of settling disputes |
| scavenge | to remove (dirt, refuse, etc.) from an area |
| posterity | the offspring of one progenitor to the furthest generation |