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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| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| chaplain | a clergyman in charge of a chapel |
| hypnosis | a trancelike state that resembles sleep but is induced by a person whose suggestions are readily accepted by the subject |
| indict | to charge with a crime by the finding or presentment of a jury (such as a grand jury) in due form of law |
| rigor | harsh inflexibility in opinion, temper, or judgment : severity |
| contend | to strive or vie in contest or rivalry or against difficulties : struggle |
| secession | withdrawal into privacy or solitude : retirement |
| facile | easily accomplished or attained |
| exude | to ooze out |
| redress | to set right : remedy |
| sanguine | marked by eager hopefulness : confidently optimistic |