GRE Word List
EFFLUVIUM
an invisible emanation
The meaning of the word effluvium is an invisible emanation.
Random words
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| consequential | of the nature of a secondary result : indirect |
| umbrage | a feeling of pique or resentment at some often fancied slight or insult |
| ingenuous | showing innocent or childlike simplicity and candidness |
| hostage | a person held by one party in a conflict as a pledge pending the fulfillment of an agreement |
| verisimilar | having the appearance of truth : probable |
| indiscriminate | not marked by careful distinction : deficient in discrimination and discernment |
| malfeasance | wrongdoing or misconduct especially by a public official |
| fell | skin |
| staccato | cut short or apart in performing : disconnected |
| alliteration | the repetition of usually initial consonant sounds in two or more neighboring words or syllables (such as wild and woolly, threatening throngs) |