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 |
|---|---|
| hackneyed | lacking in freshness or originality |
| mete | to give out by measure : dole out |
| provender | dry food for domestic animals : feed |
| nutrient | furnishing nourishment |
| adversity | a state or instance of serious or continued difficulty or misfortune |
| actuarial | of or relating to actuaries |
| anarchy | absence of government |
| prefigure | to show, suggest, or announce by an antecedent type, image, or likeness |
| self-indulgence | excessive or unrestrained gratification of one's own appetites, desires, or whims |
| conduit | a natural or artificial channel through which something (such as a fluid) is conveyed |