GRE Word List
EFFETE
no longer fertile
The meaning of the word effete is no longer fertile.
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| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| extradition | the surrender of an alleged criminal usually under the provisions of a treaty or statute by one authority (such as a state) to another having jurisdiction to try the charge |
| uproarious | marked by uproar |
| jetsam | the part of a ship, its equipment, or its cargo that is cast overboard to lighten the load in time of distress and that sinks or is washed ashore |
| touching | capable of arousing emotions of tenderness or compassion |
| replete | fully or abundantly provided or filled |
| sunder | to break apart or in two : separate by or as if by violence or by intervening time or space |
| concord | a state of agreement : harmony |
| rivet | a headed pin or bolt of metal used for uniting two or more pieces by passing the shank through a hole in each piece and then beating or pressing down the plain end so as to make a second head |
| nostalgia | a wistful or excessively sentimental yearning for return to or of some past period or irrecoverable condition |
| loath | unwilling to do something contrary to one's ways of thinking : reluctant |