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 |
|---|---|
| recapitulate | to retell or restate briefly : summarize |
| candor | unreserved, honest, or sincere expression : forthrightness |
| gaudy | ostentatiously or tastelessly ornamented |
| permissive | granted on sufferance : tolerated |
| eulogy | a commendatory oration or writing especially in honor of one deceased |
| travail | work especially of a painful or laborious nature : toil |
| prosaic | characteristic of prose as distinguished from poetry : factual |
| apex | the uppermost point : vertex |
| retain | to keep in possession or use |
| impious | not pious : lacking in reverence or proper respect (as for God or one's parents) : irreverent |