GRE Word List
EFFETE
no longer fertile
The meaning of the word effete is no longer fertile.
Random words
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| digression | the act or an instance of leaving the main subject in an extended written or verbal expression of thought : the act or an instance of digressing in a discourse or other usually organized literary work |
| loiter | to delay an activity with idle stops and pauses : dawdle |
| solecism | an ungrammatical combination of words in a sentence |
| pithy | consisting of or abounding in pith |
| abnegation | denial |
| solitude | the quality or state of being alone or remote from society : seclusion |
| vise | any of various tools with two jaws for holding work that close usually by a screw, lever, or cam |
| aggregate | formed by the collection of units or particles into a body, mass, or amount : collective |
| overwrought | extremely excited : agitated |
| pallid | deficient in color : wan |
