GRE Word List
EFFECTIVE
producing a decided, decisive, or desired effect
The meaning of the word effective is producing a decided, decisive, or desired effect.
Random words
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| unravel | to disengage or separate the threads of : disentangle |
| sovereignty | supreme power especially over a body politic |
| soothsayer | a person who predicts the future by magical, intuitive, or more rational means : prognosticator |
| cabal | the contrived schemes of a group of persons secretly united in a plot (as to overturn a government) |
| lagoon | a shallow sound, channel, or pond near or communicating with a larger body of water |
| reprove | to scold or correct usually gently or with kindly intent |
| construe | to analyze the arrangement and connection of words in (a sentence or sentence part) |
| reprise | a musical repetition: |
| sacrilegious | committing or characterized by sacrilege : having or showing a lack of proper respect for a sacred person, place, or object |
| mesmerize | to subject to mesmerism |