GRE Word List

EFFETE

no longer fertile

The meaning of the word effete is no longer fertile.

Random words

WordMeaning
glamoran exciting and often illusory and romantic attractiveness
reprisea musical repetition:
percussionthe act of percussing: such as
sequesterto set apart : segregate
gradationa series forming successive stages
fussyeasily upset : irritable
decadencethe process of becoming decadent : the quality or state of being decadent
sophisticateddeprived of native or original simplicity: such as
evenhandedfair
rebusa representation of words or syllables by pictures of objects or by symbols whose names resemble the intended words or syllables in sound