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 |
|---|---|
| supple | compliant often to the point of obsequiousness |
| fatuous | complacently or inanely foolish : silly |
| regent | a person who governs a kingdom in the minority, absence, or disability of the sovereign |
| sophomoric | conceited and overconfident of knowledge but poorly informed and immature |
| odoriferous | yielding an odor : odorous |
| orient | to direct (something, such as a book or film) toward the interests of a particular group |
| stink | to emit a strong offensive odor |
| advent | the period beginning four Sundays before Christmas and observed by some Christians as a season of prayer and fasting |
| humus | a brown or black complex variable material resulting from partial decomposition of plant or animal matter and forming the organic (see organic |
| physiognomy | the art of discovering temperament and character from outward appearance |