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

WordMeaning
aptitudeinclination
glitterto shine by reflection with many small flashes of brilliant light : sparkle
satiricalof, relating to, or constituting satire
incontinentnot continent: such as
pillorya device formerly used for publicly punishing offenders consisting of a wooden frame with holes in which the head and hands can be locked
interregnumthe time during which a throne is vacant between two successive reigns or regimes
inerrancyexemption from error : infallibility
truisman undoubted or self-evident truth
implyto express indirectly
exoticintroduced from another country : not native to the place where found