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

WordMeaning
incarnateinvested with bodily and especially human nature and form
sybaritevoluptuary
inductto put in formal possession (as of a benefice or office) : install
prognosisthe prospect of recovery as anticipated from the usual course of disease or peculiarities of the case
solventable to pay all legal debts
undermineto subvert or weaken insidiously or secretly
temporalof or relating to time as opposed to eternity
redundantexceeding what is necessary or normal : superfluous
gleama transient appearance of subdued or partly obscured light
arch-a typically curved structural member spanning an opening and serving as a support (as for the wall or other weight above the opening)