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 |
|---|---|
| aphorism | a concise statement of a principle |
| prescience | foreknowledge of events: |
| replicate | duplicate |
| miniature | a copy on a much reduced scale |
| mawkish | lacking flavor or having an unpleasant taste |
| lexicon | a book containing an alphabetical arrangement of the words in a language and their definitions : dictionary |
| repine | to feel or express dejection or discontent : complain |
| somnambulist | an abnormal condition of sleep in which motor acts (such as walking) are performed |
| carnage | the flesh of slain animals or humans |
| list | a simple series of words or numerals (such as the names of persons or objects) |