GRE Word List
MIASMA
a vaporous exhalation formerly believed to cause disease
The meaning of the word miasma is a vaporous exhalation formerly believed to cause disease.
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|---|---|
| consternation | amazement or dismay that hinders or throws into confusion |
| efficacy | the power to produce an effect |
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| posthumous | born after the death of the father |
| advert | to turn the mind or attention |
| prance | to spring from the hind legs or move by so doing |
| garner | to gather into storage |
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| atypical | not typical : irregular |
| growl | rumble |