GRE Word List
EFFICACY
the power to produce an effect
The meaning of the word efficacy is the power to produce an effect.
Random words
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| variegate | to diversify in external appearance especially with different colors : dapple |
| latitude | angular distance from some specified circle or plane of reference: such as |
| contagion | a contagious disease |
| luster | a glow of reflected light : sheen |
| hoary | gray or white with or as if with age |
| lot | an object used as a counter in determining a question by chance see also throw in one's lot with |
| juxtapose | to place (different things) side by side (as to compare them or contrast them or to create an interesting effect) |
| malapropos | in an inappropriate or inopportune way |
| qualify | to reduce from a general to a particular or restricted form : modify |
| paleontology | a science dealing with the life of past geologic periods as known from fossil remains |