GRE Word List
EFFETE
no longer fertile
The meaning of the word effete is no longer fertile.
Random words
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| astigmatism | a defect of an optical system (such as a lens) causing rays from a point to fail to meet in a focal point resulting in a blurred and imperfect image |
| paraphernalia | the separate real or personal property of a married woman that she can dispose of by will and sometimes according to common law during her life |
| emboss | to raise the surface of into bosses |
| prominent | standing out or projecting beyond a surface or line : protuberant |
| scion | descendant |
| expletive | a syllable, word, or phrase inserted to fill a vacancy (as in a sentence or a metrical line) without adding to the sense |
| queasy | causing nausea |
| circumscribe | to constrict (see constrict |
| ingrate | an ungrateful person |
| pauper | a person destitute of means except such as are derived from charity |