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 |
|---|---|
| tithe | a tenth part of something paid as a voluntary contribution or as a tax especially for the support of a religious establishment |
| quagmire | soft miry land that shakes or yields under the foot |
| buffet | a blow especially with the hand |
| implode | to burst inward |
| intervene | to occur, fall, or come between points of time or events |
| circuitous | having a circular or winding course |
| retrench | cut down |
| enfranchise | to set free (as from slavery) |
| thrash | to beat soundly with or as if with a stick or whip : flog |
| heterodox | contrary to or different from an acknowledged standard, a traditional form, or an established religion : unorthodox |