GRE Word List

EFFETE

no longer fertile

The meaning of the word effete is no longer fertile.

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spliceto unite (two ropes or two parts of a rope) by interweaving the strands
adhereto hold fast or stick by or as if by gluing, suction, grasping, or fusing
suffuseto spread over or through in the manner of fluid or light : flush
maelstroma powerful often violent whirlpool sucking in objects within a given radius
blusterto talk or act with noisy swaggering threats
physiologicalof or relating to physiology
lurkto lie in wait in a place of concealment especially for an evil purpose
apexthe uppermost point : vertex
polarof or relating to a geographic pole or the region around it
proprietythe quality or state of being proper or suitable : appropriateness