GRE Word List

EFFLUVIUM

an invisible emanation

The meaning of the word effluvium is an invisible emanation.

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WordMeaning
rivetinghaving the power to fix the attention : engrossing
concoctto prepare by combining raw materials
fictitiousof, relating to, or characteristic of fiction : imaginary
bicameralhaving, consisting of, or based on two legislative chambers (see chamber
intimatemarked by a warm friendship developing through long association
blusterto talk or act with noisy swaggering threats
proverba brief popular epigram or maxim : adage
momentoushaving great or lasting importance : consequential
reverentexpressing or characterized by reverence : worshipful
distinctionthe act of perceiving someone or something as being not the same and often treating as separate or different : the distinguishing of a difference