GRE Word List
INEFFECTUAL
not producing the proper or intended effect : futile
The meaning of the word ineffectual is not producing the proper or intended effect : futile.
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| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| inerrancy | exemption from error : infallibility |
| idle | not occupied or employed: such as |
| porridge | a soft food made by boiling meal of grains or legumes in milk or water until thick |
| gnarled | full of knots or gnarls : knotty |
| diabolical | of, relating to, or characteristic of the devil : devilish |
| magnanimity | the quality of being magnanimous : loftiness of spirit enabling one to bear trouble calmly, to disdain meanness and pettiness, and to display a noble generosity |
| judiciary | a system of courts of law |
| anvil | a heavy usually steel-faced iron block on which metal is shaped (as by hand hammering) |
| stickler | one who insists on exactness or completeness in the observance of something |
| bastard | a child born to parents who are not married to each other |