GRE Word List

EFFICACY

the power to produce an effect

The meaning of the word efficacy is the power to produce an effect.

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WordMeaning
gallbrazen boldness coupled with impudent assurance and insolence
infantileof or relating to infants or infancy
penancean act of self-abasement, mortification (see mortification
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purveyorone that purveys
diffusebeing at once verbose and ill-organized
immobilitynot moving : motionless
nugatoryof little or no consequence : trifling
sidetracksiding
winceto shrink back involuntarily (as from pain) : flinch