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 |
|---|---|
| behoove | to be necessary, proper, or advantageous for |
| opiate | an alkaloid drug (such as morphine or codeine) that contains or is derived from opium, binds to cell receptors primarily of the central nervous system and gastrointestinal tract, acts to block pain, induce sedation or sleep, depress respiration, and produce calmness or euphoria, and is associated with physiological tolerance (see tolerance |
| browse | to eat (tender shoots, twigs, leaves of trees and shrubs, etc.) : to consume as browse (see browse |
| symmetry | balanced proportions |
| speechless | unable to speak : dumb |
| crone | a cruel or ugly old woman |
| absolute | free from imperfection : perfect |
| elegy | a poem in elegiac couplets |
| embrace | to clasp in the arms : hug |
| skinflint | a person who would save, gain, or extort money by any means : miser |