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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superimposeto place or lay over or above something
siblingsib
masticateto grind or crush (food) with or as if with the teeth : chew
fretto eat or gnaw into : corrode
sullyto make soiled or tarnished : defile
scholarlyof, characteristic of, or suitable to learned persons : learned
voyeursomeone who obtains sexual gratification from observing unsuspecting individuals who are partly undressed, naked, or engaged in sexual acts
heterodoxcontrary to or different from an acknowledged standard, a traditional form, or an established religion : unorthodox
humusa brown or black complex variable material resulting from partial decomposition of plant or animal matter and forming the organic (see organic
drasticacting rapidly or violently