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 |
|---|---|
| engage | to offer (something, such as one's life or word) as backing to a cause or aim : to expose to risk for the attainment or support of some end |
| quip | a clever usually taunting remark : gibe |
| cornucopia | a curved, hollow goat's horn or similarly shaped receptacle (such as a horn-shaped basket) that is overflowing especially with fruit and vegetables (such as gourds, ears of corn, apples, and grapes) and that is used as a decorative motif emblematic of abundance |
| humor | that quality which appeals to a sense of the ludicrous or absurdly incongruous : a funny or amusing quality |
| facetious | joking or jesting often inappropriately : waggish |
| mete | to give out by measure : dole out |
| rescind | to take away : remove |
| volley | the flight of the ball (as in volleyball or tennis) or its course before striking the ground |
| commensurate | corresponding in size, extent, amount, or degree : proportionate |
| gavel | rent or tribute in medieval England |