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 |
|---|---|
| artful | performed with or showing art or skill |
| kleptomaniac | a person evidencing kleptomania |
| manacle | a shackle for the hand or wrist : handcuff |
| credential | warranting credit or confidence |
| disabuse | to free from error, misconception, or fallacy (see fallacy |
| mischance | bad luck |
| credence | mental acceptance as true or real |
| drama | a composition (see composition |
| abet | to actively second and encourage (something, such as an activity or plan) |
| verdigris | a green or greenish-blue poisonous pigment resulting from the action of acetic acid on copper and consisting of one or more basic copper acetates |