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 |
|---|---|
| mural | of, relating to, or resembling a wall |
| agnostic | a person who holds the view that any ultimate reality (such as God) is unknown and probably unknowable |
| conifer | any of an order (Coniferales) of mostly evergreen trees and shrubs having usually needle-shaped or scalelike leaves and including forms (such as pines) with true cones and others (such as yews) with an arillate fruit |
| deft | characterized by facility and skill |
| glimmer | to shine faintly or unsteadily |
| peripheral | of, relating to, involving, or forming a periphery or surface part |
| subside | to sink or fall to the bottom : settle |
| relapse | the act or an instance of backsliding, worsening, or subsiding |
| hoary | gray or white with or as if with age |
| sacrosanct | most sacred or holy : inviolable |