GRE Word List
EFFETE
no longer fertile
The meaning of the word effete is no longer fertile.
Random words
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| leave-taking | departure |
| malaise | an indefinite feeling of debility or lack of health often indicative of or accompanying the onset of an illness |
| palatable | agreeable to the palate or taste |
| interpolate | to alter or corrupt (something, such as a text) by inserting new or foreign matter |
| extirpate | to destroy completely : wipe out |
| agnostic | a person who holds the view that any ultimate reality (such as God) is unknown and probably unknowable |
| plenitude | the quality or state of being full : completeness |
| rehabilitate | to restore to a former capacity : reinstate |
| diminution | the act, process, or an instance of becoming gradually less (as in size or importance) : the act, process, or an instance of diminishing : decrease |
| couple | two persons married, engaged, or otherwise romantically paired |