GRE Word List
EFFETE
no longer fertile
The meaning of the word effete is no longer fertile.
Random words
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| polity | political organization |
| perforate | to make a hole through |
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| vigil | the act of keeping awake at times when sleep is customary |
| thresh | to separate seed from (a harvested plant) mechanically |
| rejoinder | the defendant's answer to the plaintiff's replication |
| recite | to repeat from memory or read aloud publicly |
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