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 |
|---|---|
| swell | to expand (as in size, volume, or numbers) gradually beyond a normal or original limit |
| repulse | to drive or beat back : repel |
| valid | having legal efficacy or force |
| gradation | a series forming successive stages |
| loathe | to dislike greatly and often with disgust or intolerance : detest |
| decry | to depreciate (something, such as a coin) officially or publicly |
| leave-taking | departure |
| thresh | to separate seed from (a harvested plant) mechanically |
| shade | comparative darkness or obscurity owing to interception of the rays of light |
| apparent | open to view : visible |