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.
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| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| calculated | apt |
| ferocious | exhibiting or given to extreme fierceness and unrestrained violence and brutality |
| intermittent | coming and going at intervals : not continuous |
| intelligentsia | intellectuals who form an artistic, social, or political vanguard or elite |
| fuddle | booze |
| mace | an aromatic spice consisting of the dried external fibrous covering of a nutmeg |
| felon | one who has committed a felony |
| embrace | to clasp in the arms : hug |
| regimen | a systematic plan (as of diet, therapy, or medication) especially when designed to improve and maintain the health of a patient |
| abbreviate | to make briefer |