GRE Word List
EFFLUVIUM
an invisible emanation
The meaning of the word effluvium is an invisible emanation.
Random words
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| buccaneer | any of the freebooters preying on Spanish ships and settlements especially in 17th century West Indies |
| amorphous | having no definite form : shapeless |
| supplant | to supersede (another) especially by force or treachery |
| euphoria | a feeling of well-being or elation |
| lopsided | leaning to one side |
| sardonic | disdainfully or skeptically humorous : derisively mocking |
| camp | a place usually away from urban areas where tents or simple buildings (such as cabins) are erected for shelter or for temporary residence (as for laborers, prisoners, or vacationers) |
| recess | the action of receding : recession |
| deserts | arid land with usually sparse vegetation |
| trajectory | the curve that a body (such as a planet or comet in its orbit or a rocket) describes in space |