GRE Word List
EFFETE
no longer fertile
The meaning of the word effete is no longer fertile.
Random words
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| toll | a tax or fee paid for some liberty or privilege (as of passing over a highway or bridge) |
| fanciful | marked by fancy or unrestrained imagination rather than by reason and experience |
| graze | to feed on growing herbage, attached algae, or phytoplankton |
| drone | a stingless male bee (as of the honeybee) that has the role of mating with the queen and does not gather nectar or pollen |
| prefigure | to show, suggest, or announce by an antecedent type, image, or likeness |
| indict | to charge with a crime by the finding or presentment of a jury (such as a grand jury) in due form of law |
| gingerly | very cautious or careful |
| negligence | the quality or state of being negligent |
| badinage | playful repartee : banter |
| fanfare | a short and lively sounding of trumpets |