GRE Word List
EFFETE
no longer fertile
The meaning of the word effete is no longer fertile.
Random words
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| tickle | to touch (a body part, a person, etc.) lightly so as to excite the surface nerves and cause uneasiness, laughter, or spasmodic movements |
| beneficent | doing or producing good |
| hurtle | to move rapidly or forcefully |
| dire | exciting horror |
| craven | lacking the least bit of courage : contemptibly fainthearted |
| nourish | nurture |
| distill | to let fall, exude, or precipitate (see precipitate |
| betroth | to promise to marry |
| penance | an act of self-abasement, mortification (see mortification |
| inflated | distended with air or gas |