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 |
|---|---|
| hone | to sharpen or smooth with a whetstone |
| ovation | a ceremony attending the entering of Rome by a general who had won a victory of less importance than that for which a triumph was granted |
| metamorphosis | change of physical form, structure, or substance especially by supernatural means |
| ossify | to change into bone |
| appurtenances | accessory objects |
| lethal | of, relating to, or causing death |
| resourceful | able to meet situations : capable of devising ways and means |
| annals | a record of events arranged in yearly sequence |
| clientele | a body of clients |
| prognosis | the prospect of recovery as anticipated from the usual course of disease or peculiarities of the case |