GRE Word List

EFFETE

no longer fertile

The meaning of the word effete is no longer fertile.

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pulchritudephysical comeliness
murkycharacterized by a heavy dimness or obscurity caused by or like that caused by overhanging fog or smoke
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veneera thin sheet of a material: such as
embezzlementto appropriate (something, such as property entrusted to one's care) fraudulently to one's own use
herbivorousfeeding on plants
riveta headed pin or bolt of metal used for uniting two or more pieces by passing the shank through a hole in each piece and then beating or pressing down the plain end so as to make a second head
uproara state of commotion, excitement, or violent disturbance