GRE Word List
EFFLUVIUM
an invisible emanation
The meaning of the word effluvium is an invisible emanation.
Random words
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| martinet | a strict disciplinarian |
| sportive | frolicsome |
| generic | relating to or characteristic of a whole group or class : general |
| decorous | marked by propriety and good taste : correct |
| obliterate | to remove utterly from recognition or memory |
| misapprehension | to apprehend wrongly : misunderstand |
| context | the parts of a discourse that surround a word or passage and can throw light on its meaning |
| circumvent | to manage to get around especially by ingenuity or stratagem |
| deport | to send out of the country by legal deportation |
| mortify | to subject to severe and vexing embarrassment : shame |