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.
Random words
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| superimpose | to place or lay over or above something |
| sibling | sib |
| masticate | to grind or crush (food) with or as if with the teeth : chew |
| fret | to eat or gnaw into : corrode |
| sully | to make soiled or tarnished : defile |
| scholarly | of, characteristic of, or suitable to learned persons : learned |
| voyeur | someone who obtains sexual gratification from observing unsuspecting individuals who are partly undressed, naked, or engaged in sexual acts |
| heterodox | contrary to or different from an acknowledged standard, a traditional form, or an established religion : unorthodox |
| humus | a brown or black complex variable material resulting from partial decomposition of plant or animal matter and forming the organic (see organic |
| drastic | acting rapidly or violently |