GRE Word List
EFFECTUAL
producing or able to produce a desired effect
The meaning of the word effectual is producing or able to produce a desired effect.
Random words
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| asylum | an inviolable place of refuge and protection giving shelter to criminals and debtors : sanctuary |
| transpire | to take place : go on |
| equable | marked by lack of variation or change : uniform |
| precursor | one that precedes and indicates the approach of another |
| bliss | complete happiness |
| dismiss | to permit or cause to leave |
| fertile | producing or bearing many crops in great quantities : productive |
| verisimilitude | the quality or state of being verisimilar |
| litotes | understatement in which an affirmative is expressed by the negative of the contrary (as in "not a bad singer" or "not unhappy") |
| testy | easily annoyed : irritable |