GRE Word List

EFFETE

no longer fertile

The meaning of the word effete is no longer fertile.

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WordMeaning
digressionthe 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
loiterto delay an activity with idle stops and pauses : dawdle
solecisman ungrammatical combination of words in a sentence
pithyconsisting of or abounding in pith
abnegationdenial
solitudethe quality or state of being alone or remote from society : seclusion
viseany of various tools with two jaws for holding work that close usually by a screw, lever, or cam
aggregateformed by the collection of units or particles into a body, mass, or amount : collective
overwroughtextremely excited : agitated
palliddeficient in color : wan