GRE Word List

EFFLUVIUM

an invisible emanation

The meaning of the word effluvium is an invisible emanation.

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abstinencethe practice of abstaining from something : the practice of not doing or having something that is wanted or enjoyable
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impoverishto make poor
buccaneerany of the freebooters preying on Spanish ships and settlements especially in 17th century West Indies
hallowedholy
disparageto depreciate (see depreciate
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crossbreedhybridize
reminiscenceapprehension of a Platonic idea as if it had been known in a previous existence