GRE Word List
EFFLUVIUM
an invisible emanation
The meaning of the word effluvium is an invisible emanation.
Random words
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| scuttle | a shallow open basket for carrying something (such as grain or garden produce) |
| distant | separated in space : away |
| ruffian | a brutal person : bully |
| venture | to proceed especially in the face of danger |
| germinal | being in the earliest stage of development |
| demographic | the statistical characteristics of human populations (such as age or income) used especially to identify markets |
| gaunt | excessively thin and angular |
| pathetic | having a capacity to move one to either compassionate or contemptuous pity |
| chicanery | deception by artful subterfuge or sophistry : trickery |
| pinnace | a light sailing ship |