GRE Word List
EFFETE
no longer fertile
The meaning of the word effete is no longer fertile.
Random words
Word | Meaning |
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obviate | to anticipate and prevent (something, such as a situation) or make (an action) unnecessary |
rococo | rococo work or style |
recount | to relate in detail : narrate |
congenital | existing at or dating from birth |
abstain | to choose not to do or have something : to refrain deliberately and often with an effort of self-denial from an action or practice |
suspense | the state of being suspended : suspension |
anathema | someone or something intensely disliked or loathed |
rankle | to cause anger, irritation, or deep bitterness |
resilient | characterized or marked by resilience: such as |
caprice | a sudden, impulsive, and seemingly unmotivated notion or action |