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 |
|---|---|
| doff | to remove (an article of wear) from the body |
| taunt | to reproach or challenge in a mocking or insulting manner : jeer at |
| benevolent | marked by or disposed to doing good |
| rapt | lifted up and carried away |
| anomalous | inconsistent with or deviating from what is usual, normal, or expected : irregular |
| reprieve | to delay the punishment of (someone, such as a condemned prisoner) |
| revert | to come or go back (as to a former condition, period, or subject) |
| homogeneous | of the same or a similar kind or nature |
| polemic | an aggressive attack on or refutation of the opinions or principles of another |
| eclectic | composed of elements drawn from various sources |