GRE Word List
EFFLUVIUM
an invisible emanation
The meaning of the word effluvium is an invisible emanation.
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| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| satire | a literary work holding up human vices and follies to ridicule or scorn |
| philanthropist | one who makes an active effort to promote human welfare : a person who practices philanthropy |
| succumb | to yield to superior strength or force or overpowering appeal or desire |
| circumlocution | the use of an unnecessarily large number of words to express an idea |
| opus | work |
| impunity | exemption or freedom from punishment, harm, or loss |
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| sustenance | means of support, maintenance, or subsistence : living |
| infamous | having a reputation of the worst kind : notoriously evil |
| martial | of, relating to, or suited for war or a warrior |