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 |
|---|---|
| erudite | having or showing knowledge that is gained by studying : possessing or displaying erudition |
| quietude | a quiet state : repose |
| incontinent | not continent: such as |
| lap | a loose overlapping or hanging panel or flap especially of a garment |
| pertinacious | adhering resolutely to an opinion, purpose, or design |
| articulate | expressing oneself readily, clearly, and effectively |
| glamor | an exciting and often illusory and romantic attractiveness |
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| dinghy | a small boat carried on or towed behind a larger boat as a tender or a lifeboat |
| etymology | the history of a linguistic form (such as a word) shown by tracing its development since its earliest recorded occurrence in the language where it is found, by tracing its transmission from one language to another, by analyzing it into its component parts, by identifying its cognates in other languages, or by tracing it and its cognates to a common ancestral form in an ancestral language |