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effete

adjectiveCommon GRE wordMore E words

lacking vitality, force, or effectiveness; decadent

In a sentence

Critics dismissed the aristocracy as an effete and idle class.

Synonyms
weakdecadentenervated
Antonyms
vigorousrobustpotent

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