GRE Word List
EFFETE
no longer fertile
The meaning of the word effete is no longer fertile.
Random words
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| plaudit | an act or round of applause |
| toll | a tax or fee paid for some liberty or privilege (as of passing over a highway or bridge) |
| coagulate | to cause to become viscous or thickened into a coherent mass : curdle |
| retrieve | to locate and bring in (killed or wounded game) |
| presumptuous | overstepping due bounds (as of propriety or courtesy) : taking liberties |
| draft | the act of drawing or pulling in a net |
| calamity | a disastrous event marked by great loss and lasting distress and suffering |
| herald | an official at a tournament of arms (see arm |
| inamorata | a woman with whom one is in love or has intimate relations |
| dowry | the money, goods, or estate that a woman brings to her husband in marriage |