GRE Word List
EFFETE
no longer fertile
The meaning of the word effete is no longer fertile.
Random words
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| defalcate | deduct |
| optimum | the amount or degree of something that is most favorable to some end |
| pudding | blood sausage |
| annihilate | to cause to cease to exist : to do away with entirely so that nothing remains |
| espionage | the practice of spying or using spies to obtain information about the plans and activities especially of a foreign government or a competing company |
| retrench | cut down |
| raspy | harsh |
| wade | to step in or through a medium (such as water) offering more resistance than air |
| ghastly | terrifyingly horrible to the senses : frightening |
| extradition | the surrender of an alleged criminal usually under the provisions of a treaty or statute by one authority (such as a state) to another having jurisdiction to try the charge |