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 |
|---|---|
| cognizance | a distinguishing mark or emblem (such as a heraldic bearing) |
| adjoin | to add or attach by joining |
| dyspeptic | indigestion |
| carat | a unit of fineness for gold equal to ยน/โโ part of pure gold in an alloy |
| senility | the quality or state of being senile : the physical and mental decline associated with old age |
| intervene | to occur, fall, or come between points of time or events |
| regimen | a systematic plan (as of diet, therapy, or medication) especially when designed to improve and maintain the health of a patient |
| paucity | smallness of number : fewness |
| corroborate | to support with evidence or authority : make more certain |
| scion | descendant |