GRE Word List
EFFETE
no longer fertile
The meaning of the word effete is no longer fertile.
Random words
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| rife | prevalent especially to an increasing degree |
| apothegm | a short, pithy, and instructive saying or formulation : aphorism |
| commiserate | to feel or express sympathy : condole |
| distinctive | marking as separate or different : serving to distinguish |
| adhere | to hold fast or stick by or as if by gluing, suction, grasping, or fusing |
| forebears | ancestor |
| casual | subject to, resulting from, or occurring by chance |
| debutante | one making a debut (see debut |
| pang | a brief piercing spasm of pain |
| aerie | the nest of a bird on a cliff or a mountaintop |