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 |
|---|---|
| nova | a star that suddenly increases its light output tremendously and then fades away to its former obscurity in a few months or years |
| eon | an immeasurably or indefinitely long period of time : age |
| recital | a detailed account : enumeration |
| ligneous | of or resembling wood |
| permissive | granted on sufferance : tolerated |
| magniloquent | speaking in or characterized by a high-flown often bombastic style or manner |
| slaughter | the act of killing |
| interjection | an ejaculatory utterance usually lacking grammatical connection: such as |
| zest | a piece of the peel of a citrus fruit (such as an orange or lemon) used as flavoring |
| sanguinary | bloodthirsty |