GRE Word List

EFFETE

no longer fertile

The meaning of the word effete is no longer fertile.

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astigmatisma 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
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embossto raise the surface of into bosses
prominentstanding out or projecting beyond a surface or line : protuberant
sciondescendant
expletivea syllable, word, or phrase inserted to fill a vacancy (as in a sentence or a metrical line) without adding to the sense
queasycausing nausea
circumscribeto constrict (see constrict
ingratean ungrateful person
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