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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problematic | posing a problem : difficult to solve or decide |
disquisition | a formal inquiry into or discussion of a subject : discourse |
vassal | a person under the protection of a feudal lord to whom he has vowed homage and fealty : a feudal tenant |
vituperative | uttering or given to censure : containing or characterized by verbal abuse |
aesthetic | of, relating to, or dealing with aesthetics or the beautiful |
pervert | to cause to turn aside or away from what is good or true or morally right : corrupt |
skiff | any of various small boats |
whorl | a drum-shaped section on the lower part of a spindle in spinning or weaving machinery serving as a pulley for the tape drive that rotates the spindle |
transgression | an act, process, or instance of transgressing: such as |
dissimulate | to hide under a false appearance |