GRE Word List
EFFETE
no longer fertile
The meaning of the word effete is no longer fertile.
Random words
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| magnitude | great size or extent |
| abnegation | denial |
| cabal | the contrived schemes of a group of persons secretly united in a plot (as to overturn a government) |
| bemoan | to express deep grief or distress over |
| pedant | one who is unimaginative or who unduly emphasizes minutiae in the presentation or use of knowledge |
| armada | a fleet of warships |
| desperate | having lost hope |
| plumb | a lead weight attached to a line and used to indicate a vertical direction |
| amorous | strongly moved by love and especially sexual love |
| episodic | made up of separate especially loosely connected episodes |