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 |
|---|---|
| forebears | ancestor |
| annals | a record of events arranged in yearly sequence |
| hypothetical | involving or being based on a suggested idea or theory : being or involving a hypothesis : conjectural |
| apolitical | having no interest or involvement in political affairs |
| swarm | a great number of honeybees emigrating together from a hive in company with a queen to start a new colony elsewhere |
| trajectory | the curve that a body (such as a planet or comet in its orbit or a rocket) describes in space |
| hallucination | a sensory perception (such as a visual image or a sound) that occurs in the absence of an actual external stimulus and usually arises from neurological disturbance (such as that associated with delirium tremens, schizophrenia, Parkinson's disease, or narcolepsy) or in response to drugs (such as LSD or phencyclidine) |
| vulnerable | capable of being physically or emotionally wounded |
| conception | the process of becoming pregnant involving fertilization or implantation or both |
| codify | to reduce to a code |