GRE Word List
EFFETE
no longer fertile
The meaning of the word effete is no longer fertile.
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digression | the act or an instance of leaving the main subject in an extended written or verbal expression of thought : the act or an instance of digressing in a discourse or other usually organized literary work |
loiter | to delay an activity with idle stops and pauses : dawdle |
solecism | an ungrammatical combination of words in a sentence |
pithy | consisting of or abounding in pith |
abnegation | denial |
solitude | the quality or state of being alone or remote from society : seclusion |
vise | any of various tools with two jaws for holding work that close usually by a screw, lever, or cam |
aggregate | formed by the collection of units or particles into a body, mass, or amount : collective |
overwrought | extremely excited : agitated |
pallid | deficient in color : wan |