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 |
|---|---|
| decomposition | to separate into constituent parts or elements or into simpler compounds |
| complementary | serving to fill out or complete |
| fusion | the act or process of liquefying or rendering plastic by heat |
| moribund | being in the state of dying : approaching death |
| supernumerary | exceeding the usual, stated, or prescribed number |
| adulterate | to corrupt, debase, or make impure by the addition of a foreign or inferior substance or element |
| dogmatic | characterized by or given to the expression of opinions very strongly or positively as if they were facts |
| sedate | keeping a quiet steady attitude or pace : unruffled |
| gadfly | any of various flies (such as a horsefly, botfly, or warble fly) that bite or annoy livestock |
| usurp | to seize and hold (office, place, functions, powers, etc.) in possession by force or without right |