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 |
|---|---|
| refrain | curb |
| invalid | not valid: |
| corrosive | tending or having the power to corrode |
| multifarious | having or occurring in great variety : diverse |
| catharsis | purification or purgation of the emotions (such as pity and fear) primarily through art |
| recession | the act or action of receding : withdrawal |
| distinction | the act of perceiving someone or something as being not the same and often treating as separate or different : the distinguishing of a difference |
| sheer | unqualified |
| rile | to make agitated and angry : upset |
| strident | characterized by harsh, insistent, and discordant sound |