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 |
|---|---|
| dingy | dirty |
| impregnate | to cause to be filled, imbued, permeated, or saturated |
| obsolete | no longer in use or no longer useful |
| engender | beget |
| musty | impaired by damp or mildew : moldy |
| overweening | arrogant |
| protean | of or resembling Proteus in having a varied nature or ability to assume different forms |
| gleam | a transient appearance of subdued or partly obscured light |
| vagabond | a person who wanders from place to place without a fixed home : one leading a vagabond life |
| milieu | the physical or social setting in which something occurs or develops : environment |