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 |
|---|---|
| fitful | characterized by fits or paroxysms |
| fluctuate | to shift back and forth uncertainly |
| tenure | the act, right, manner, or term of holding something (such as a landed property, a position, or an office) |
| irony | the use of words to express something other than and especially the opposite of the literal meaning |
| repulsion | the action of repulsing : the state of being repulsed |
| sect | a dissenting or schismatic religious body |
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| steadfast | firmly fixed in place : immovable |
| tortuous | marked by repeated twists, bends, or turns : winding |