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 |
|---|---|
| quay | a structure built parallel to the bank of a waterway for use as a landing place |
| pulverize | to reduce (as by crushing, beating, or grinding) to very small particles : atomize |
| inveterate | confirmed in a habit : habitual |
| pretentious | characterized by pretension: such as |
| perspicuous | plain to the understanding especially because of clarity and precision of presentation |
| satire | a literary work holding up human vices and follies to ridicule or scorn |
| floe | floating ice formed in a large sheet on the surface of a body of water |
| jurisdiction | the power, right, or authority to interpret and apply the law |
| limn | to draw or paint on a surface |
| pedestal | the support or foot of a late classic or neoclassical column see column illustration |