GRE Word List
EFFETE
no longer fertile
The meaning of the word effete is no longer fertile.
Random words
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| guise | a form or style of dress : costume |
| tint | a usually slight or pale coloration : hue |
| addle | rotten |
| poignancy | the quality or state of being poignant |
| monetary | of or relating to money or to the mechanisms by which it is supplied to and circulates in the economy |
| contumacious | stubbornly disobedient : rebellious |
| knell | a stroke or sound of a bell especially when rung slowly (as for a death, funeral, or disaster) |
| cynosure | the northern constellation Ursa Minor |
| protean | of or resembling Proteus in having a varied nature or ability to assume different forms |
| dorsal | an ornamental cloth hung behind and above an altar |