GRE Word List
EFFLUVIUM
an invisible emanation
The meaning of the word effluvium is an invisible emanation.
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| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| besiege | to surround with armed forces |
| abstinence | the practice of abstaining from something : the practice of not doing or having something that is wanted or enjoyable |
| ebullient | boiling |
| emblazon | to inscribe or adorn with or as if with heraldic bearings or devices |
| requisite | needed for a particular purpose : essential |
| capacious | containing or capable of containing a great deal |
| gamely | a physical or mental competition conducted according to rules with the participants in direct opposition to each other |
| avalanche | a large mass of snow, ice, earth, rock, or other material in swift motion down a mountainside or over a precipice |
| felicitous | very well suited or expressed : apt |
| sedate | keeping a quiet steady attitude or pace : unruffled |