GRE Word List
EFFETE
no longer fertile
The meaning of the word effete is no longer fertile.
Random words
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| ascertain | to find out or learn with certainty |
| tautological | involving or containing rhetorical tautology : redundant |
| sentient | responsive to or conscious of sense impressions |
| crossbreed | hybridize |
| vagary | an erratic, unpredictable, or extravagant manifestation, action, or notion |
| incubus | an evil spirit that lies on persons in their sleep |
| escapade | a usually adventurous action that runs counter to approved or conventional conduct |
| renovate | to restore to a former better state (as by cleaning, repairing, or rebuilding) |
| weary | exhausted in strength, endurance, vigor, or freshness |
| caulk | to stop up and make tight against leakage (something, such as a boat or its seams, the cracks in a window frame, or the joints of a pipe) |