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
amorousstrongly moved by love and especially sexual love
viablecapable of living
effaceto eliminate or make indistinct by or as if by wearing away a surface
barristera counsel admitted to plead at the bar and undertake the public trial of causes in an English superior court compare solicitor
compromisesettlement of differences by arbitration or by consent reached by mutual concessions
expeditiousmarked by or acting with prompt efficiency
paroxysma fit, attack, or sudden increase or recurrence of symptoms (as of a disease) : convulsion
tranquillitythe quality or state of being tranquil
metaphora figure of speech in which a word or phrase literally denoting one kind of object or idea is used in place of another to suggest a likeness or analogy between them (as in drowning in money)
thermalof, relating to, or caused by heat