GRE Word List
EFFETE
no longer fertile
The meaning of the word effete is no longer fertile.
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gargantuan | tremendous in size, volume, or degree : gigantic |
denomination | an act of denominating |
lilliputian | of, relating to, or characteristic of the Lilliputians or the island of Lilliput |
recant | to withdraw or repudiate (a statement or belief) formally and publicly : renounce |
integral | essential to completeness : constituent |
quaint | pleasingly or strikingly old-fashioned or unfamiliar |
fawning | seeking or used to seek approval or favor by means of flattery |
innate | existing in, belonging to, or determined by factors present in an individual from birth : native |
splice | to unite (two ropes or two parts of a rope) by interweaving the strands |
wrongheaded | stubborn in adherence to wrong opinion or principles |