GRE Word List

EFFETE

no longer fertile

The meaning of the word effete is no longer fertile.

Random words

WordMeaning
tickleto touch (a body part, a person, etc.) lightly so as to excite the surface nerves and cause uneasiness, laughter, or spasmodic movements
beneficentdoing or producing good
hurtleto move rapidly or forcefully
direexciting horror
cravenlacking the least bit of courage : contemptibly fainthearted
nourishnurture
distillto let fall, exude, or precipitate (see precipitate
betrothto promise to marry
penancean act of self-abasement, mortification (see mortification
inflateddistended with air or gas