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 |
|---|---|
| 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 |
