GRE Word List

EFFETE

no longer fertile

The meaning of the word effete is no longer fertile.

Random words

WordMeaning
plumpto drop, sink, or come in contact suddenly or heavily
codifyto reduce to a code
annealto heat and then cool (a material, such as steel or glass) usually for softening and making less brittle
parsimonythe quality of being careful with money or resources : thrift
antecedeprecede
prototypean original model on which something is patterned : archetype
overturnto cause to turn over : upset
torpora state of mental and motor inactivity with partial or total insensibility
coupa sudden decisive exercise of force in politics and especially the violent overthrow or alteration of an existing government by a small group : coup d'Γ©tat
pestilentialcausing or tending to cause pestilence : deadly