GRE Word List
EFFUSION
an act of effusing
The meaning of the word effusion is an act of effusing.
Random words
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| vertebrate | any of a subphylum (Vertebrata) of chordates that comprises animals (such as mammals, birds, reptiles, amphibians, and fishes) typically having a bony or cartilaginous spinal column which replaces the notochord, a distinct head containing a brain which arises as an enlarged part of the nerve cord, and an internal usually bony skeleton and that includes some primitive forms (such as lampreys) in which the spinal column is absent and the notochord persists throughout life |
| whinny | to neigh especially in a low or gentle way |
| baleful | deadly or pernicious in influence |
| contempt | the act of despising : the state of mind of one who despises : disdain |
| ford | a shallow part of a body of water that may be crossed by wading |
| misnomer | the misnaming of a person in a legal instrument |
| wrinkle | a small ridge or furrow especially when formed on a surface by the shrinking or contraction of a smooth substance : crease |
| granary | a storehouse for threshed grain |
| unfetter | to free from fetters |
| temerity | unreasonable or foolhardy contempt of danger or opposition : rashness |