GRE Word List
EFFETE
no longer fertile
The meaning of the word effete is no longer fertile.
Random words
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| propulsive | tending or having power to propel |
| vantage | a position giving a strategic advantage, commanding perspective, or comprehensive view |
| cadaverous | of or relating to a corpse |
| equivocate | to use equivocal language especially with intent to deceive |
| tantalize | to tease or torment by or as if by presenting something desirable to the view but continually keeping it out of reach |
| etymology | the history of a linguistic form (such as a word) shown by tracing its development since its earliest recorded occurrence in the language where it is found, by tracing its transmission from one language to another, by analyzing it into its component parts, by identifying its cognates in other languages, or by tracing it and its cognates to a common ancestral form in an ancestral language |
| impervious | not allowing entrance or passage : impenetrable |
| acclaim | applaud |
| amass | to collect for oneself : accumulate |
| compute | to determine especially by mathematical means |