GRE Word List

EFFETE

no longer fertile

The meaning of the word effete is no longer fertile.

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tangentialtouching lightly : incidental
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placidserenely free of interruption or disturbance
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hoarygray or white with or as if with age
meagerhaving little flesh : thin