GRE Word List
EFFETE
no longer fertile
The meaning of the word effete is no longer fertile.
Random words
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| divest | to deprive or dispossess especially of property, authority, or title |
| droll | having a humorous, whimsical, or odd quality |
| purgatory | an intermediate state after death for expiatory purification |
| unexceptionable | not open to objection or criticism : beyond reproach : unimpeachable |
| unassuaged | not quenched, eased, or satisfied : not assuaged |
| conifer | any of an order (Coniferales) of mostly evergreen trees and shrubs having usually needle-shaped or scalelike leaves and including forms (such as pines) with true cones and others (such as yews) with an arillate fruit |
| gainsay | to declare to be untrue or invalid |
| insubordination | disobedient to authority |
| tenure | the act, right, manner, or term of holding something (such as a landed property, a position, or an office) |
| tickle | to touch (a body part, a person, etc.) lightly so as to excite the surface nerves and cause uneasiness, laughter, or spasmodic movements |