GRE Word List
EFFERVESCENCE
the property of forming bubbles : the action or process of effervescing
The meaning of the word effervescence is the property of forming bubbles : the action or process of effervescing.
Random words
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| bigot | a person who is obstinately or intolerantly devoted to his or her own opinions and prejudices |
| apocryphal | of doubtful authenticity : spurious |
| alliteration | the repetition of usually initial consonant sounds in two or more neighboring words or syllables (such as wild and woolly, threatening throngs) |
| daunt | to lessen the courage of : cow |
| derogatory | expressive of a low opinion : disparaging |
| ambivalence | simultaneous and contradictory attitudes or feelings (such as attraction and repulsion) toward an object, person, or action |
| blatant | noisy especially in a vulgar or offensive manner : clamorous |
| knead | to work and press into a mass with or as if with the hands |
| annals | a record of events arranged in yearly sequence |
| stem | the main trunk of a plant |