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 |
|---|---|
| quarantine | a period of 40 days |
| forego | to go before : precede |
| capacity | legal competency (see competence |
| vigilante | a member of a volunteer committee organized to suppress and punish crime summarily (as when the processes of law are viewed as inadequate) |
| bombastic | marked by or given to speech or writing that is given exaggerated importance by artificial or empty means : marked by or given to bombast : pompous |
| well-bred | having or displaying the politeness and good manners associated especially with people of high social class |
| derelict | abandoned especially by the owner or occupant |
| shove | to push along |
| recession | the act or action of receding : withdrawal |
| burgeon | to send forth new growth (such as buds or branches) : sprout |