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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| Word | Meaning |
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| annihilate | to cause to cease to exist : to do away with entirely so that nothing remains |
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| weird | of strange or extraordinary character : odd |
| abate | to decrease in force or intensity |
| doff | to remove (an article of wear) from the body |
| choreography | the art of symbolically representing dancing |
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| agitate | to excite and often trouble the mind or feelings of : disturb |