GRE Word List
EFFETE
no longer fertile
The meaning of the word effete is no longer fertile.
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| hysteria | a psychoneurosis marked by emotional excitability and disturbances of the psychogenic, sensory, vasomotor, and visceral (see visceral |
| gouge | a chisel with a concavo-convex cross section |
| humane | marked by compassion, sympathy, or consideration for humans or animals |
| wangle | to resort to trickery or devious methods |
| suppliant | supplicant |
| galley | a ship or boat propelled solely or chiefly by oars: such as |
| leery | suspicious |
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| hurl | rush |
| sporadic | occurring occasionally, singly, or in irregular or random instances |