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.

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WordMeaning
tauntto reproach or challenge in a mocking or insulting manner : jeer at
tartagreeably sharp or acid to the taste
disaffecteddiscontented and resentful especially against authority : rebellious
embezzlementto appropriate (something, such as property entrusted to one's care) fraudulently to one's own use
gawka clumsy stupid person : lout
shuntto turn off to one side : shift
terminalleading ultimately to death : fatal
antediluvianof or relating to the period before the flood described in the Bible
actuateto put into mechanical action or motion
vicissitudethe quality or state of being changeable : mutability