GRE Word List

EFFICACY

the power to produce an effect

The meaning of the word efficacy is the power to produce an effect.

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WordMeaning
muralof, relating to, or resembling a wall
agnostica person who holds the view that any ultimate reality (such as God) is unknown and probably unknowable
coniferany of an order (Coniferales) of mostly evergreen trees and shrubs having usually needle-shaped or scalelike leaves and including forms (such as pines) with true cones and others (such as yews) with an arillate fruit
deftcharacterized by facility and skill
glimmerto shine faintly or unsteadily
peripheralof, relating to, involving, or forming a periphery or surface part
subsideto sink or fall to the bottom : settle
relapsethe act or an instance of backsliding, worsening, or subsiding
hoarygray or white with or as if with age
sacrosanctmost sacred or holy : inviolable