GRE Word List
EFFETE
no longer fertile
The meaning of the word effete is no longer fertile.
Random words
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| contention | a point advanced or maintained in a debate or argument |
| check | to inspect, examine, or look at appraisingly or appreciatively |
| nutrition | the act or process of nourishing or being nourished |
| levee | a reception held by a person of distinction on rising from bed |
| refulgent | a radiant or resplendent quality or state : brilliance |
| provisional | serving for the time being : temporary |
| palate | the roof of the mouth separating the mouth from the nasal cavity see hard palate |
| elope | to run away secretly with the intention of getting married usually without parental consent |
| digression | the 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 |
| strangle | to choke to death by compressing the throat with something (such as a hand or rope) : throttle |