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 |
|---|---|
| executioner | one who executes |
| geniality | marked by or freely expressing sympathy or friendliness |
| executor | one who executes something |
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| brooch | an ornament that is held by a pin or clasp and is worn at or near the neck |
| wax | a substance that is secreted by bees and is used by them for constructing the honeycomb, that is a dull yellow solid plastic when warm, and that is composed primarily of a mixture of esters, hydrocarbons, and fatty acids : beeswax |
| growl | rumble |
| aerie | the nest of a bird on a cliff or a mountaintop |
| girth | a band or strap that encircles the body of an animal to fasten something (such as a saddle) on its back |
| petrify | to convert (organic matter) into stone or a substance of stony hardness by the infiltration of water and the deposition of dissolved mineral matter |