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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| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| nonchalance | the quality or state of being nonchalant |
| gesticulation | the act of making gestures |
| discernible | able to be perceived by a sense (such as sight or smell) or by the mind : capable of being discerned |
| solecism | an ungrammatical combination of words in a sentence |
| prize | something offered or striven for in competition or in contests of chance |
| hummock | a rounded knoll or hillock |
| tonsure | the Roman Catholic or Eastern rite of admission to the clerical state by the clipping or shaving of a portion of the head |
| parallel | extending in the same direction, everywhere equidistant (see equidistant |
| cataract | a clouding of the lens of the eye or of its surrounding transparent membrane that obstructs the passage of light |
| detain | to hold or keep in or as if in custody |