GRE Word List
EFFETE
no longer fertile
The meaning of the word effete is no longer fertile.
Random words
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| voluptuous | suggesting sensual pleasure by fullness and beauty of form |
| determinate | having defined limits |
| epicurean | of or relating to Epicurus or Epicureanism |
| sallow | any of several Old World broad-leaved willows (such as Salix caprea) including important sources of charcoal and tanbark |
| dominate | rule |
| permissive | granted on sufferance : tolerated |
| mealymouthed | not plain and straightforward : devious |
| diaphanous | characterized by such fineness of texture as to permit seeing through |
| incorporate | to unite or work into something already existent so as to form an indistinguishable whole |
| ebb | the reflux of the tide toward the sea |