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 |
|---|---|
| ebullient | boiling |
| liquidate | to determine by agreement or by litigation the precise amount of (indebtedness, damages, or accounts) |
| ovation | a ceremony attending the entering of Rome by a general who had won a victory of less importance than that for which a triumph was granted |
| gaffe | a social or diplomatic blunder |
| graze | to feed on growing herbage, attached algae, or phytoplankton |
| abstract | disassociated from any specific instance |
| ragamuffin | a ragged often disreputable person |
| skinflint | a person who would save, gain, or extort money by any means : miser |
| whimsy | whim |
| imperturbable | marked by extreme calm, impassivity, and steadiness : serene |