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 |
|---|---|
| desultory | marked by lack of definite plan, regularity, or purpose |
| gestate | to carry in the uterus during pregnancy |
| vainglorious | marked by vainglory : boastful |
| hackneyed | lacking in freshness or originality |
| imperative | not to be avoided or evaded : necessary |
| visceral | felt in or as if in the internal organs of the body : deep |
| vertebrate | any of a subphylum (Vertebrata) of chordates that comprises animals (such as mammals, birds, reptiles, amphibians, and fishes) typically having a bony or cartilaginous spinal column which replaces the notochord, a distinct head containing a brain which arises as an enlarged part of the nerve cord, and an internal usually bony skeleton and that includes some primitive forms (such as lampreys) in which the spinal column is absent and the notochord persists throughout life |
| comeback | a sharp or witty reply : retort |
| stun | to make senseless, groggy, or dizzy by or as if by a blow : daze |
| lush | growing vigorously especially with luxuriant foliage |