GRE Word List
EFFETE
no longer fertile
The meaning of the word effete is no longer fertile.
Random words
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| wretch | a miserable person : one who is profoundly unhappy or in great misfortune |
| pestilential | causing or tending to cause pestilence : deadly |
| peevish | querulous in temperament or mood : fretful |
| cogent | appealing forcibly to the mind or reason : convincing |
| humus | a brown or black complex variable material resulting from partial decomposition of plant or animal matter and forming the organic (see organic |
| modish | fashionable |
| wispy | a small handful (as of hay or straw) |
| ravage | an act or practice of ravaging |
| ebb | the reflux of the tide toward the sea |
| flaccid | not firm or stiff |