GRE Word List

EFFETE

no longer fertile

The meaning of the word effete is no longer fertile.

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adoreto worship or honor as a deity or as divine
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waketo be or remain awake
librettothe text of a work (such as an opera) for the musical theater
inductto put in formal possession (as of a benefice or office) : install