GRE Word List
EFFETE
no longer fertile
The meaning of the word effete is no longer fertile.
Random words
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| apocryphal | of doubtful authenticity : spurious |
| germinate | to cause to sprout or develop |
| impassable | incapable of being passed, traveled, crossed, or surmounted |
| subtlety | the quality or state of being subtle |
| reprisal | a retaliatory act |
| frolic | full of fun : merry |
| temper | heat of mind or emotion : proneness to anger : passion |
| precocious | exceptionally early in development or occurrence |
| maladroit | lacking adroitness : inept |
| antecedents | a substantive word, phrase, or clause whose denotation is referred to by a pronoun that typically follows the substantive (such as John in "Mary saw John and called to him") |