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
conveyancethe action of conveying
pugilistfighter
climeclimate
elasticcapable of recovering size and shape after deformation
gyroscopea wheel or disk mounted to spin rapidly about an axis and also free to rotate about one or both of two axes perpendicular to each other and to the axis of spin so that a rotation of one of the two mutually perpendicular axes results from application of torque to the other when the wheel is spinning and so that the entire apparatus offers considerable opposition depending on the angular momentum to any torque that would change the direction of the axis of spin
enticeto attract artfully or adroitly or by arousing hope or desire : tempt
precipitateto throw violently : hurl
trajectorythe curve that a body (such as a planet or comet in its orbit or a rocket) describes in space
foistto introduce or insert surreptitiously or without warrant
dichotomya division into two especially mutually exclusive or contradictory groups or entities