GRE Word List

EFFETE

no longer fertile

The meaning of the word effete is no longer fertile.

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impietythe quality or state of being impious : irreverence
sovereignone possessing or held to possess supreme political power or sovereignty
retrogradehaving or being motion in a direction contrary to that of the general motion of similar bodies and especially east to west among the stars
contingentdependent on or conditioned by something else
solsticeeither of the two points on the ecliptic at which its distance from the celestial equator is greatest and which is reached by the sun each year about June 21 and December 21
invocationthe act or process of petitioning for help or support
tensilecapable of tension : ductile
validateto make legally valid : ratify
latitudeangular distance from some specified circle or plane of reference: such as
enraptureto fill with delight