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 |
|---|---|
| impuissance | weakness |
| collation | a light meal allowed on fast days in place of lunch or supper |
| inculcate | to teach and impress by frequent repetitions or admonitions |
| limn | to draw or paint on a surface |
| topography | the art or practice of graphic delineation in detail usually on maps or charts of natural and man-made features of a place or region especially in a way to show their relative positions and elevations |
| glossy | having a surface luster or brightness |
| penance | an act of self-abasement, mortification (see mortification |
| exemplary | deserving imitation : commendable |
| complementary | serving to fill out or complete |
| balm | a balsamic (see balsamic |