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 |
|---|---|
| impeach | to charge with a crime or misdemeanor |
| chide | to speak out in angry or displeased rebuke |
| deft | characterized by facility and skill |
| parsimony | the quality of being careful with money or resources : thrift |
| warranty | a real covenant binding the grantor of an estate and the grantor's heirs to warrant and defend the title |
| scabbard | a sheath for a sword, dagger, or bayonet |
| morgue | a place where the bodies of dead persons are kept temporarily pending identification or release for burial or autopsy |
| bouillon | a clear seasoned soup made usually from lean beef |
| exhume | disinter |
| elegy | a poem in elegiac couplets |