GRE Word List
EFFLUVIUM
an invisible emanation
The meaning of the word effluvium is an invisible emanation.
Random words
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| uncanny | seeming to have a supernatural character or origin : eerie |
| ballast | a heavy substance (such as rocks or water) placed in such a way as to improve stability and control (as of the draft of a ship or the buoyancy of a balloon or submarine) |
| satiate | filled to satiety |
| beneficent | doing or producing good |
| spontaneity | the quality or state of being spontaneous |
| putrescent | undergoing putrefaction : becoming putrid |
| ingrate | an ungrateful person |
| vigilant | alertly watchful especially to avoid danger |
| mannered | having manners of a specified kind |
| discriminating | making a distinction : distinguishing |