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 |
|---|---|
| ransack | to look through thoroughly in often a rough way |
| archaic | having the characteristics of the language of the past and surviving chiefly in specialized uses |
| fulsome | characterized by abundance : copious |
| aggregate | formed by the collection of units or particles into a body, mass, or amount : collective |
| perigee | the point in the orbit of an object (such as a satellite) orbiting the earth that is nearest to the center of the earth |
| mettle | vigor and strength of spirit or temperament (see temperament |
| optometrist | a specialist licensed to practice optometry compare ophthalmologist |
| arrhythmic | lacking rhythm or regularity |
| abstain | to choose not to do or have something : to refrain deliberately and often with an effort of self-denial from an action or practice |
| codify | to reduce to a code |