GRE Word List
EFFLUVIUM
an invisible emanation
The meaning of the word effluvium is an invisible emanation.
Random words
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| artful | performed with or showing art or skill |
| decrepit | wasted and weakened by or as if by the infirmities of old age |
| unwonted | being out of the ordinary : rare |
| figurine | a small carved or molded figure : statuette |
| demotic | of, relating to, or written in a simplified form of the ancient Egyptian hieratic writing |
| graze | to feed on growing herbage, attached algae, or phytoplankton |
| ambrosia | the food of the Greek and Roman gods |
| jest | a joking or mocking remark |
| chaste | innocent of unlawful sexual intercourse |
| penury | a cramping and oppressive lack of resources (such as money) |