GRE Word List
EFFLUVIUM
an invisible emanation
The meaning of the word effluvium is an invisible emanation.
Random words
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| foil | to prevent from attaining an end : defeat |
| deplete | to empty of a principal substance |
| pliable | supple enough to bend freely or repeatedly without breaking |
| slaughter | the act of killing |
| saccharine | of, relating to, or resembling that of sugar |
| importune | to press or urge with troublesome persistence |
| outwit | to get the better of by superior cleverness : outsmart |
| quiver | a case for carrying or holding arrows |
| concise | marked by brevity of expression or statement : free from all elaboration and superfluous detail |
| fetid | having a heavy offensive smell |