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 |
|---|---|
| amity | friendship |
| pinch | to squeeze between the finger and thumb or between the jaws of an instrument |
| malfeasance | wrongdoing or misconduct especially by a public official |
| gadfly | any of various flies (such as a horsefly, botfly, or warble fly) that bite or annoy livestock |
| distraught | agitated with doubt or mental conflict or pain |
| polemic | an aggressive attack on or refutation of the opinions or principles of another |
| transcendental | transcendent |
| ingenue | a naive girl or young woman |
| knack | a special ready capacity that is hard to analyze or teach |
| invidious | of an unpleasant or objectionable nature : obnoxious |