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.
Random words
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| grunt | to utter a grunt |
| spawn | to deposit or fertilize spawn |
| bugaboo | an imaginary object of fear |
| bacchanalia | a Roman festival of Bacchus celebrated with dancing, song, and revelry |
| tractable | capable of being easily led, taught, or controlled : docile |
| gentility | the condition of belonging to the gentry |
| autopsy | an examination of a body after death to determine the cause of death or the character and extent of changes produced by disease |
| muted | being mute : silent |
| despondent | feeling or showing extreme discouragement, dejection, or depression |
| pithy | consisting of or abounding in pith |