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 |
|---|---|
| embed | to enclose closely in or as if in a matrix |
| allocate | to apportion for a specific purpose or to particular persons or things : distribute |
| inerrancy | exemption from error : infallibility |
| mortify | to subject to severe and vexing embarrassment : shame |
| rococo | rococo work or style |
| riveting | having the power to fix the attention : engrossing |
| amiss | in a mistaken way : wrongly |
| ameliorate | to make better or more tolerable |
| cardinal | a high ecclesiastical official of the Roman Catholic Church who ranks next below the pope and is appointed by him to assist him as a member of the college of cardinals (see college |
| benign | of a mild type or character that does not threaten health or life |