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 |
|---|---|
| tickle | to touch (a body part, a person, etc.) lightly so as to excite the surface nerves and cause uneasiness, laughter, or spasmodic movements |
| proclivity | an inclination or predisposition toward something |
| cogent | appealing forcibly to the mind or reason : convincing |
| condign | deserved |
| mountebank | a person who sells quack medicines from a platform |
| deflect | to turn (something) aside especially from a straight course or fixed direction |
| calumny | a misrepresentation intended to harm another's reputation |
| magisterial | of, relating to, or having the characteristics of a master or teacher : authoritative |
| problematic | posing a problem : difficult to solve or decide |
| drama | a composition (see composition |