GRE Word List
EFFLUVIUM
an invisible emanation
The meaning of the word effluvium is an invisible emanation.
Random words
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| hamper | to restrict the movement of by bonds or obstacles : impede |
| muggy | being warm, damp, and close |
| sheaf | a quantity of the stalks and ears of a cereal grass or sometimes other plant material bound together |
| sleek | slick |
| convoluted | having convolutions |
| dolt | a stupid person |
| flay | to strip off the skin or surface of : skin |
| stench | stink |
| presume | to undertake without leave or clear justification : dare |
| asperity | roughness of manner or of temper : harshness of behavior or speech that expresses bitterness or anger |