GRE Word List
EFFLUVIUM
an invisible emanation
The meaning of the word effluvium is an invisible emanation.
Random words
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| mandate | an authoritative command |
| roil | to make turbid by stirring up the sediment or dregs of |
| nondescript | belonging or appearing to belong to no particular class or kind : not easily described |
| odds | the probability that one thing is so or will happen rather than another : chances |
| alms | something (such as money or food) given freely to relieve the poor |
| transpose | to change the relative place or normal order of : alter the sequence of |
| lexicographer | an author or editor of a dictionary |
| lull | to cause to sleep or rest : soothe |
| adjoin | to add or attach by joining |
| shove | to push along |