GRE Word List
EFFETE
no longer fertile
The meaning of the word effete is no longer fertile.
Random words
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| somnambulist | an abnormal condition of sleep in which motor acts (such as walking) are performed |
| banal | lacking originality, freshness, or novelty : trite |
| hortatory | hortative |
| graze | to feed on growing herbage, attached algae, or phytoplankton |
| comeuppance | a deserved rebuke or penalty : deserts |
| rakish | of, relating to, or characteristic of a rake : dissolute |
| uninhibited | free from inhibition |
| infallible | incapable of error : unerring |
| chimerical | existing only as the product of unchecked imagination : fantastically visionary (see visionary |
| perquisite | a privilege, gain, or profit incidental to regular salary or wages |