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 |
|---|---|
| diaphanous | characterized by such fineness of texture as to permit seeing through |
| apolitical | having no interest or involvement in political affairs |
| discordant | being at variance : disagreeing |
| barterer | to trade by exchanging one commodity for another : to trade goods or services in exchange for other goods or services |
| begrudge | to give or concede reluctantly or with displeasure |
| addiction | a compulsive, chronic, physiological or psychological need for a habit-forming substance, behavior, or activity having harmful physical, psychological, or social effects and typically causing well-defined symptoms (such as anxiety, irritability, tremors, or nausea) upon withdrawal or abstinence : the state of being addicted |
| annals | a record of events arranged in yearly sequence |
| vying | contending; to strive for superiority |
| eschew | to avoid habitually especially on moral or practical grounds : shun |
| shard | a piece or fragment of a brittle substance |