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 |
|---|---|
| plump | to drop, sink, or come in contact suddenly or heavily |
| penury | a cramping and oppressive lack of resources (such as money) |
| centrifugal | proceeding or acting in a direction away from a center or axis |
| vintner | a wine merchant |
| complementary | serving to fill out or complete |
| dignitary | one who possesses exalted rank or holds a position of dignity or honor |
| inordinate | exceeding reasonable limits : immoderate |
| arch- | a typically curved structural member spanning an opening and serving as a support (as for the wall or other weight above the opening) |
| invidious | of an unpleasant or objectionable nature : obnoxious |
| plagiarize | to steal and pass off (the ideas or words of another) as one's own : use (another's production) without crediting the source |