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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illicitnot permitted : unlawful
salaciousarousing or appealing to sexual desire or imagination
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vacillateto waver in mind, will, or feeling : hesitate in choice of opinions or courses
advertto turn the mind or attention
duplicitycontradictory doubleness of thought, speech, or action
carnalrelating to or given to crude bodily pleasures and appetites
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portendto give an omen or anticipatory sign of
perorationthe concluding part of a discourse and especially an oration