GRE Word List
EFFLUVIUM
an invisible emanation
The meaning of the word effluvium is an invisible emanation.
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| reiterate | to state or do over again or repeatedly sometimes with wearying effect |
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| gallows | a frame usually of two upright posts and a transverse beam from which criminals are hanged |
| abstain | to choose not to do or have something : to refrain deliberately and often with an effort of self-denial from an action or practice |
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| piquant | engagingly provocative |
| verbiage | a profusion of words usually of little or obscure content |
| virtuoso | one who excels in the technique of an art |