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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|---|---|
| propellant | capable of propelling |
| distort | to twist (see twist |
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| loom | a frame or machine for interlacing (see interlace |
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| paramour | lover |
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| cavalier | marked by or given to offhand and often disdainful (see disdain |
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