GRE Word List
EFFETE
no longer fertile
The meaning of the word effete is no longer fertile.
Random words
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| tenacious | not easily pulled apart : cohesive |
| atypical | not typical : irregular |
| finish | to come to an end : terminate |
| quash | to suppress or extinguish summarily and completely |
| intellect | the power of knowing as distinguished from the power to feel and to will : the capacity for knowledge |
| fawning | seeking or used to seek approval or favor by means of flattery |
| comely | pleasurably conforming to notions of good appearance, suitability, or proportion |
| zealot | a zealous person |
| palimpsest | writing material (such as a parchment or tablet) used one or more times after earlier writing has been erased |
| irrefutable | impossible to refute : incontrovertible |