GRE Word List

STERILE

failing to bear or incapable of producing fruit or spores

The meaning of the word sterile is failing to bear or incapable of producing fruit or spores.

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implicitcapable of being understood from something else though unexpressed : implied
vassala person under the protection of a feudal lord to whom he has vowed homage and fealty : a feudal tenant
nauseouscausing nausea or disgust : nauseating
expurgateto cleanse of something morally harmful, offensive, or erroneous
hypotheticalinvolving or being based on a suggested idea or theory : being or involving a hypothesis : conjectural
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soporificcausing or tending to cause sleep
gorycovered with gore : bloodstained
unfetterto free from fetters
epicureone with sensitive and discriminating tastes especially in food or wine