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 |
|---|---|
| genuflect | to bend the knee |
| wince | to shrink back involuntarily (as from pain) : flinch |
| lackluster | lacking in sheen, brilliance, or vitality : dull |
| prim | to give a prim or demure expression to |
| persist | to go on resolutely or stubbornly in spite of opposition, importunity, or warning |
| rakish | of, relating to, or characteristic of a rake : dissolute |
| antithesis | the direct opposite |
| desperate | having lost hope |
| warren | a place legally authorized for keeping small game (such as hare or pheasant) |
| lope | an easy natural gait of a horse resembling a canter |