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 |
|---|---|
| incontinent | not continent: such as |
| random | a haphazard course |
| tempo | the rate of speed of a musical piece or passage indicated by one of a series of directions (such as largo, presto, or allegro) and often by an exact metronome marking |
| cessation | a temporary or final ceasing (as of action) : stop |
| blasphemy | the act of insulting or showing contempt or lack of reverence for God |
| billowing | wave |
| recline | to cause or permit to incline backwards |
| ingrained | forming a part of the essence or inmost being : deep-seated |
| indict | to charge with a crime by the finding or presentment of a jury (such as a grand jury) in due form of law |
| siren | any of a group of female and partly human creatures in Greek mythology that lured mariners to destruction by their singing |