GRE Word List
EFFETE
no longer fertile
The meaning of the word effete is no longer fertile.
Random words
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| magnanimity | the quality of being magnanimous : loftiness of spirit enabling one to bear trouble calmly, to disdain meanness and pettiness, and to display a noble generosity |
| pitfall | trap |
| ruse | a wily subterfuge |
| reconnaissance | a preliminary survey to gain information |
| subdue | to conquer and bring into subjection : vanquish |
| epigram | a concise poem dealing pointedly and often satirically with a single thought or event and often ending with an ingenious turn of thought |
| incursion | a hostile entrance into a territory : raid |
| ratiocination | the process of exact thinking : reasoning |
| impediment | something that impedes |
| fashion | the prevailing style (as in dress) during a particular time |