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 |
|---|---|
| guileless | innocent |
| cache | a hiding place especially for concealing and preserving provisions or implements |
| penance | an act of self-abasement, mortification (see mortification |
| slavish | of or characteristic of someone held in forced servitude |
| augury | divination from auspices (see auspice |
| ethnology | a branch of cultural anthropology dealing chiefly with the comparative and analytical study of cultures |
| witticism | a cleverly witty and often biting or ironic remark |
| unfrock | defrock |
| unwarranted | lacking adequate or official support : not warranted : unjustified |
| deciduous | falling off or shed seasonally or at a certain stage of development in the life cycle |