GRE Word List
EFFICACY
power to produce desired effect; ADJ. efficacious: effectual
The meaning of the word efficacy is power to produce desired effect; ADJ. efficacious: effectual.
Random words
Word | Meaning |
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imperceptible | unnoticeable; impossible to perceive; undetectable |
bedizen | dress with vulgar finery |
spontaneity | lack of premeditation; naturalness; freedom from constraint; ADJ. spontaneous: self-generated; unpremeditated; happening without being planned |
protege | person receiving protection and support from a patron |
prodigal | wasteful; reckless with money; profuse; Ex. a mind prodigal of ideas; N. prodigality |
jetsam | things thrown from a ship (to lighten the ship) |
dismember | cut into small parts; cut (a body) apart limb from limb |
zeal | eager enthusiasm (to a cause or ideal); ADJ. zealous |
insubordination | disobedience; rebelliousness; ADJ. insubordinate |
crest | top (as of a hill or wave); showy feathers on the head of a bird |