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 |
|---|---|
| elaborate | planned or carried out with great care |
| ablution | the washing of one's body or part of it (as in a religious rite) |
| misanthrope | a person who hates or distrusts humankind |
| gloat | to observe or think about something with triumphant and often malicious satisfaction, gratification, or delight |
| sear | being dried and withered |
| desultory | marked by lack of definite plan, regularity, or purpose |
| analgesic | an agent producing diminished sensation to pain without loss of consciousness : a drug that is used to relieve pain and produce analgesia |
| infiltrate | to enter or become established in gradually or unobtrusively usually for subversive purposes |
| arraign | to call (a defendant) before a court to answer to an indictment : charge |
| officious | volunteering one's services where they are neither asked nor needed : meddlesome |