GRE Word List
EFFLUVIUM
an invisible emanation
The meaning of the word effluvium is an invisible emanation.
Random words
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| prelude | an introductory performance, action, or event preceding and preparing for the principal or a more important matter |
| fanciful | marked by fancy or unrestrained imagination rather than by reason and experience |
| obdurate | stubbornly persistent in wrongdoing |
| podiatrist | the medical care and treatment of the human foot |
| wade | to step in or through a medium (such as water) offering more resistance than air |
| tread | to step or walk on or over |
| tendentious | marked by a tendency in favor of a particular point of view : biased |
| inasmuch_as | since; owing to the fact that |
| tractable | capable of being easily led, taught, or controlled : docile |
| fleece | the coat of wool covering a wool-bearing animal (such as a sheep) |