GRE Word List

EFFETE

no longer fertile

The meaning of the word effete is no longer fertile.

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gargantuantremendous in size, volume, or degree : gigantic
denominationan act of denominating
lilliputianof, relating to, or characteristic of the Lilliputians or the island of Lilliput
recantto withdraw or repudiate (a statement or belief) formally and publicly : renounce
integralessential to completeness : constituent
quaintpleasingly or strikingly old-fashioned or unfamiliar
fawningseeking or used to seek approval or favor by means of flattery
innateexisting in, belonging to, or determined by factors present in an individual from birth : native
spliceto unite (two ropes or two parts of a rope) by interweaving the strands
wrongheadedstubborn in adherence to wrong opinion or principles