GRE Word List

EFFETE

no longer fertile

The meaning of the word effete is no longer fertile.

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unanimitythe quality or state of being unanimous
sullyto make soiled or tarnished : defile
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gushto issue copiously or violently
reverentexpressing or characterized by reverence : worshipful
truculencethe quality or state of being truculent
pinionthe terminal section of a bird's wing including the carpus, metacarpus, and phalanges
supernumeraryexceeding the usual, stated, or prescribed number
gibberishunintelligible or meaningless language:
harbingersomething that foreshadows a future event : something that gives an anticipatory sign of what is to come