GRE Word List
EFFLUVIUM
an invisible emanation
The meaning of the word effluvium is an invisible emanation.
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| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| conspire | plot |
| paraphernalia | the separate real or personal property of a married woman that she can dispose of by will and sometimes according to common law during her life |
| merger | the absorption of an estate, a contract, or an interest in another, of a minor offense in a greater, or of a cause of action into a judgment |
| shrivel | to draw into wrinkles especially with a loss of moisture |
| dummy | a person who is incapable of speaking |
| turgid | excessively embellished in style or language : bombastic |
| sherbet | a cold drink of sweetened and diluted fruit juice |
| growl | rumble |
| supersede | to cause to be set aside |
| magnanimity | the quality of being magnanimous : loftiness of spirit enabling one to bear trouble calmly, to disdain meanness and pettiness, and to display a noble generosity |