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.

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WordMeaning
kneadto work and press into a mass with or as if with the hands
taperto become progressively smaller toward one end
choreographythe art of symbolically representing dancing
dilettantea person having a superficial interest in an art or a branch of knowledge : dabbler
egothe self especially as contrasted with another self or the world
flourishto grow luxuriantly : thrive
inerrancyexemption from error : infallibility
abysmalimmeasurably low or wretched : extremely poor or bad
purgatoryan intermediate state after death for expiatory purification
explicitfully revealed or expressed without vagueness, implication, or ambiguity : leaving no question as to meaning or intent