GRE Word List
EFFETE
no longer fertile
The meaning of the word effete is no longer fertile.
Random words
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| bogus | not genuine : counterfeit |
| emasculate | to deprive of strength, vigor, or spirit : weaken |
| husband | a male partner in a marriage |
| pantomime | pantomimist |
| sovereign | one possessing or held to possess supreme political power or sovereignty |
| idiom | an expression in the usage of a language that is peculiar to itself either in having a meaning that cannot be derived from the conjoined meanings of its elements (such as up in the air for "undecided") or in its grammatically atypical use of words (such as give way) |
| relevant | having significant and demonstrable bearing on the matter at hand |
| intellect | the power of knowing as distinguished from the power to feel and to will : the capacity for knowledge |
| veneer | a thin sheet of a material: such as |
| unanimity | the quality or state of being unanimous |