GRE Word List
EFFUSION
an act of effusing
The meaning of the word effusion is an act of effusing.
Random words
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| browse | to eat (tender shoots, twigs, leaves of trees and shrubs, etc.) : to consume as browse (see browse |
| specious | having a false look of truth or genuineness : sophistic |
| disburse | to pay out : expend especially from a fund |
| venison | the edible flesh of a game animal and especially a deer |
| boorish | resembling or befitting a rude or insensitive person : resembling or befitting a boor |
| hygiene | a science of the establishment and maintenance of health |
| ravel | to become unwoven, untwisted, or unwound : fray |
| exorcise | to expel (an evil spirit) by adjuration |
| complacency | self-satisfaction especially when accompanied by unawareness of actual dangers or deficiencies |
| expropriate | to deprive of possession or proprietary rights |