GRE Word List
EFFETE
no longer fertile
The meaning of the word effete is no longer fertile.
Random words
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| nourish | nurture |
| transpire | to take place : go on |
| increment | the amount or degree by which something changes |
| recalcitrant | obstinately defiant of authority or restraint |
| thresh | to separate seed from (a harvested plant) mechanically |
| ichthyology | a branch of zoology that deals with fishes |
| imposture | the act or practice of deceiving by means of an assumed character or name |
| repel | to drive back : repulse |
| apogee | the point in the orbit of an object (such as a satellite) orbiting the earth that is at the greatest distance from the center of the earth |
| spin | to draw out and twist fiber into yarn or thread |