GRE Word List
EFFLUVIUM
an invisible emanation
The meaning of the word effluvium is an invisible emanation.
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| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| brazen | made of brass |
| obstinate | stubbornly adhering to an opinion, purpose, or course in spite of reason, arguments, or persuasion |
| travail | work especially of a painful or laborious nature : toil |
| weird | of strange or extraordinary character : odd |
| euphemism | the substitution of an agreeable or inoffensive expression for one that may offend or suggest something unpleasant |
| effete | no longer fertile |
| cower | to shrink away or crouch especially for shelter from something that menaces, domineers, or dismays |
| reverberate | reflect |
| cremate | to subject to cremation |
| resolve | to deal with successfully : clear up |