GRE Word List
EFFLUVIUM
an invisible emanation
The meaning of the word effluvium is an invisible emanation.
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| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| slap | to strike sharply with or as if with the open hand |
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| tome | book |
| scuttle | a shallow open basket for carrying something (such as grain or garden produce) |
| prance | to spring from the hind legs or move by so doing |
| agitate | to excite and often trouble the mind or feelings of : disturb |
| drab | slattern |
| concave | hollowed or rounded inward like the inside of a bowl |
| aspirant | one who aspires |
| smelt | any of a family (Osmeridae) of small bony fishes that closely resemble the trouts in general structure, live along coasts and ascend rivers to spawn or are landlocked, and have delicate oily flesh with a distinctive odor and taste |