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 |
|---|---|
| transparent | having the property of transmitting light without appreciable scattering so that bodies lying beyond are seen clearly : pellucid |
| legato | in a manner that is smooth and connected (as between successive tones) |
| passe | past one's prime |
| turncoat | one who switches to an opposing side or party |
| bourgeois | of, relating to, or characteristic of the social middle class |
| attenuate | to lessen the amount, force, magnitude, or value of : weaken |
| vacillate | to waver in mind, will, or feeling : hesitate in choice of opinions or courses |
| abbreviate | to make briefer |
| accolade | a mark of acknowledgment : award |
| visceral | felt in or as if in the internal organs of the body : deep |