GRE Word List

EFFETE

no longer fertile

The meaning of the word effete is no longer fertile.

Random words

WordMeaning
wrestto pull, force, or move by violent wringing or twisting movements
shamblesa meat market
titanichaving great magnitude, force, or power : colossal
nostalgiaa wistful or excessively sentimental yearning for return to or of some past period or irrecoverable condition
exorciseto expel (an evil spirit) by adjuration
visceralfelt in or as if in the internal organs of the body : deep
centigraderelating to, conforming to, or having a thermometric scale on which the interval between the freezing point of water and the boiling point of water is divided into 100 degrees with 0° representing the freezing point and 100° the boiling point
forgea furnace or a shop with its furnace where metal is heated and wrought : smithy
debristhe remains of something broken down or destroyed
citadela fortress that commands (see command