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 |
|---|---|
| preposterous | contrary to nature, reason, or common sense : absurd |
| ellipsis | the omission of one or more words that are obviously understood but that must be supplied to make a construction grammatically complete |
| paraphernalia | the separate real or personal property of a married woman that she can dispose of by will and sometimes according to common law during her life |
| hap | happening |
| unsavory | insipid |
| significant | having meaning |
| forestall | to exclude, hinder, or prevent (something) by prior occupation or measures |
| profane | to treat (something sacred) with abuse, irreverence, or contempt : desecrate |
| shudder | to tremble convulsively : shiver |
| condole | grieve |