GRE Word List
EFFLUVIUM
an invisible emanation
The meaning of the word effluvium is an invisible emanation.
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| beholden | being under obligation for a favor or gift : indebted |
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| vintner | a wine merchant |
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| voracious | having a huge appetite : ravenous |
| prosaic | characteristic of prose as distinguished from poetry : factual |
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| adjourn | to suspend indefinitely or until a later stated time |