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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| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| opprobrium | something that brings disgrace |
| forestall | to exclude, hinder, or prevent (something) by prior occupation or measures |
| nova | a star that suddenly increases its light output tremendously and then fades away to its former obscurity in a few months or years |
| refraction | deflection from a straight path undergone by a light ray or energy wave in passing obliquely from one medium (such as air) into another (such as glass) in which its velocity is different |
| melancholy | depression of spirits : dejection |
| mincing | affectedly dainty or delicate |
| proclivity | an inclination or predisposition toward something |
| depreciate | to lower in honor or esteem |
| purgatory | an intermediate state after death for expiatory purification |
| decant | to draw off (a liquid) without disturbing the sediment or the lower liquid layers |