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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|---|---|
| compunction | anxiety arising from awareness of guilt |
| induct | to put in formal possession (as of a benefice or office) : install |
| affirmation | the act of affirming |
| blase | apathetic to pleasure or excitement as a result of excessive indulgence or enjoyment : world-weary |
| pulchritude | physical comeliness |
| arable | fit for or used for the growing of crops |
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| procurement | the act or process of procuring |
| straggle | to wander from the direct course or way : rove |
| wrongheaded | stubborn in adherence to wrong opinion or principles |