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.
Random words
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| irksome | tending to irk : tedious |
| belated | delayed beyond the usual time |
| compulsory | mandatory |
| exorcise | to expel (an evil spirit) by adjuration |
| contrive | devise |
| guile | deceitful cunning : duplicity |
| cumulative | increasing by successive additions |
| nexus | connection |
| conception | the process of becoming pregnant involving fertilization or implantation or both |
| occlude | to close up or block off : obstruct |