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 |
|---|---|
| canker | an erosive or spreading sore |
| submissive | submitting to others |
| collation | a light meal allowed on fast days in place of lunch or supper |
| maniacal | affected with or suggestive of madness |
| bedraggle | to wet thoroughly |
| bust | a sculptured representation of the upper part of the human figure including the head and neck and usually part of the shoulders and breast |
| vantage | a position giving a strategic advantage, commanding perspective, or comprehensive view |
| entity | being |
| mace | an aromatic spice consisting of the dried external fibrous covering of a nutmeg |
| litotes | understatement in which an affirmative is expressed by the negative of the contrary (as in "not a bad singer" or "not unhappy") |