GRE Word List
EFFLUVIUM
an invisible emanation
The meaning of the word effluvium is an invisible emanation.
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| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| rave | to talk irrationally in or as if in delirium |
| contaminate | to soil, stain, corrupt, or infect by contact or association |
| wince | to shrink back involuntarily (as from pain) : flinch |
| unaccountable | not to be accounted for : inexplicable |
| abrogate | to abolish by authoritative action : annul |
| standstill | a state characterized by absence of motion or of progress : stop |
| nomadic | of, relating to, or characteristic of nomads |
| coy | marked by cute, coquettish, or artful playfulness |
| devise | to form in the mind by new combinations or applications of ideas or principles : invent |
| amphibian | an amphibious organism |