GRE Word List
EFFETE
no longer fertile
The meaning of the word effete is no longer fertile.
Random words
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| rue | to feel penitence, remorse, or regret for |
| sophisticated | deprived of native or original simplicity: such as |
| underhand | in a clandestine manner |
| mercurial | of, relating to, or born under the planet Mercury |
| personable | pleasant or amiable in person : attractive |
| cabal | the contrived schemes of a group of persons secretly united in a plot (as to overturn a government) |
| shrewd | marked by clever discerning awareness and hardheaded acumen |
| soliloquy | the act of talking to oneself |
| disbar | to expel from the bar or the legal profession : deprive (an attorney) of legal status and privileges |
| comely | pleasurably conforming to notions of good appearance, suitability, or proportion |