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
thesisa dissertation embodying results of original research and especially substantiating a specific view
alliterationthe repetition of usually initial consonant sounds in two or more neighboring words or syllables (such as wild and woolly, threatening throngs)
dyspepticindigestion
disproportionlack of proportion, symmetry, or proper relation : disparity
gentryupper or ruling class : aristocracy
unisonidentity in musical pitch
torrenta violent or forceful flow of fluid
archaichaving the characteristics of the language of the past and surviving chiefly in specialized uses
sunderto break apart or in two : separate by or as if by violence or by intervening time or space
tendentiousmarked by a tendency in favor of a particular point of view : biased