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 |
|---|---|
| impregnable | incapable of being taken by assault : unconquerable |
| impetus | a driving force : impulse |
| exquisite | marked by flawless craftsmanship or by beautiful, ingenious, delicate, or elaborate execution |
| penance | an act of self-abasement, mortification (see mortification |
| rife | prevalent especially to an increasing degree |
| egoism | a doctrine that individual self-interest is the actual motive of all conscious action |
| mincing | affectedly dainty or delicate |
| quorum | a select group |
| vertebrate | any of a subphylum (Vertebrata) of chordates that comprises animals (such as mammals, birds, reptiles, amphibians, and fishes) typically having a bony or cartilaginous spinal column which replaces the notochord, a distinct head containing a brain which arises as an enlarged part of the nerve cord, and an internal usually bony skeleton and that includes some primitive forms (such as lampreys) in which the spinal column is absent and the notochord persists throughout life |
| hothead | a hotheaded person |