GRE Word List
EFFETE
no longer fertile
The meaning of the word effete is no longer fertile.
Random words
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| reprove | to scold or correct usually gently or with kindly intent |
| effete | no longer fertile |
| convention | agreement |
| prevalent | generally or widely accepted, practiced, or favored : widespread |
| indentation | the blank space produced by indenting : indention |
| instigate | to goad or urge forward : provoke |
| transmute | to change or alter in form, appearance, or nature and especially to a higher form |
| throes | pang |
| vertebrate | any of a subphylum (Vertebrata) of chordates that comprises animals (such as mammals, birds, reptiles, amphibians, and fishes) typically having a bony or cartilaginous spinal column which replaces the notochord, a distinct head containing a brain which arises as an enlarged part of the nerve cord, and an internal usually bony skeleton and that includes some primitive forms (such as lampreys) in which the spinal column is absent and the notochord persists throughout life |
| infantile | of or relating to infants or infancy |