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 |
|---|---|
| testy | easily annoyed : irritable |
| covenant | a usually formal, solemn, and binding agreement : compact |
| sneak | to go stealthily or furtively : slink |
| oaf | a stupid person : boob |
| cataclysm | flood |
| objective | expressing or dealing with facts or conditions as perceived without distortion by personal feelings, prejudices, or interpretations |
| doctrinaire | stubbornly or excessively devoted to a doctrine or theory without regard to practical considerations |
| vertebrate | any of a subphylum (Vertebrata) of chordates that comprises animals (such as mammals, birds, reptiles, amphibians, and fishes) typically having a bony or cartilaginous spinal column which replaces the notochord, a distinct head containing a brain which arises as an enlarged part of the nerve cord, and an internal usually bony skeleton and that includes some primitive forms (such as lampreys) in which the spinal column is absent and the notochord persists throughout life |
| tinge | a slight staining or suffusing shade or color |
| brand | a charred piece of wood |