GRE Word List
EFFLUVIUM
an invisible emanation
The meaning of the word effluvium is an invisible emanation.
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| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| quibble | to evade the point of an argument by caviling about words |
| seemly | good-looking |
| pander | to act as a pander |
| bucolic | of or relating to shepherds or herdsmen : pastoral |
| misapprehension | to apprehend wrongly : misunderstand |
| chaffing | the seed coverings and other debris separated from the seed in threshing grain |
| grapple | the act or an instance of grappling |
| dishearten | to cause to lose hope, enthusiasm, or courage : to cause to lose spirit or morale |
| unsullied | not soiled or tarnished : not sullied |
| scad | any of several carangid fishes (especially of the genus Decapterus) |