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 |
|---|---|
| euthanasia | the act or practice of killing or permitting the death of hopelessly sick or injured individuals (such as persons or domestic animals) in a relatively painless way for reasons of mercy |
| apprise | to give notice to : tell |
| concatenate | linked together |
| fancier | one that has a special liking or interest |
| cleft | a space or opening made by or as if by splitting : fissure |
| centaur | any of a race of creatures fabled to be half human and half horse and to live in the mountains of Thessaly |
| retroactive | extending in scope or effect to a prior time or to conditions that existed or originated in the past |
| degradation | the act or process of degrading |
| wan | suggestive of poor health : sickly |
| verbalize | to express something in words |