GRE Word List
EFFETE
no longer fertile
The meaning of the word effete is no longer fertile.
Random words
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| harrowing | acutely distressing or painful |
| protuberance | something that is protuberant |
| dishearten | to cause to lose hope, enthusiasm, or courage : to cause to lose spirit or morale |
| tickle | to touch (a body part, a person, etc.) lightly so as to excite the surface nerves and cause uneasiness, laughter, or spasmodic movements |
| foible | the part of a sword or foil blade between the middle and point |
| caprice | a sudden, impulsive, and seemingly unmotivated notion or action |
| colloquy | conversation |
| psychopathic | of, relating to, or characterized by psychopathy |
| demotic | of, relating to, or written in a simplified form of the ancient Egyptian hieratic writing |
| hoary | gray or white with or as if with age |