GRE Word List
EFFETE
no longer fertile
The meaning of the word effete is no longer fertile.
Random words
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| stately | marked by lofty or imposing dignity |
| marshal | a high official in the household of a medieval king, prince, or noble originally having charge of the cavalry but later usually in command of the military forces |
| anathema | someone or something intensely disliked or loathed |
| crone | a cruel or ugly old woman |
| quintessence | the fifth and highest element in ancient and medieval philosophy that permeates all nature and is the substance composing the celestial bodies |
| exodus | the mainly narrative second book of canonical Jewish and Christian Scripture see Bible Table |
| pestle | a usually club-shaped implement for pounding or grinding substances in a mortar see mortar illustration |
| mores | the fixed morally binding customs of a particular group |
| upright | perpendicular |
| diverge | to move or extend in different directions from a common point : draw apart |