GRE Word List
EFFLUVIUM
an invisible emanation
The meaning of the word effluvium is an invisible emanation.
Random words
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| base | the bottom of something considered as its support : foundation |
| pummel | pound |
| bulwark | a solid wall-like structure raised for defense : rampart |
| inept | generally incompetent : bungling |
| codify | to reduce to a code |
| isthmus | a narrow strip of land connecting two larger land areas |
| innocuous | producing no injury : harmless |
| rejoinder | the defendant's answer to the plaintiff's replication |
| license | permission to act |
| sundry | including many things of different kinds : miscellaneous |