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 |
|---|---|
| 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 |
| initiate | to cause or facilitate the beginning of : set going |
| detrimental | obviously harmful : damaging |
| discernible | able to be perceived by a sense (such as sight or smell) or by the mind : capable of being discerned |
| aureole | a radiant light around the head or body of a representation of a sacred personage |
| overwhelm | upset |
| histrionic | deliberately affected : overly dramatic or emotional : theatrical |
| gracious | marked by kindness and courtesy |
| woe | a condition of deep suffering from misfortune, affliction, or grief |
| atrophy | decrease in size or wasting away of a body part or tissue |