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.

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WordMeaning
mortifyto subject to severe and vexing embarrassment : shame
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mutilateto cut up or alter radically so as to make imperfect
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abusiveusing harsh, insulting language
turgidexcessively embellished in style or language : bombastic
perspicaciousof acute mental vision or discernment : keen
resentmenta feeling of indignant displeasure or persistent ill will at something regarded as a wrong, insult, or injury
hieroglyphicwritten in, constituting, or belonging to a system of writing mainly in pictorial characters