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.
Random words
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| foment | to promote the growth or development of : rouse |
| coagulate | to cause to become viscous or thickened into a coherent mass : curdle |
| prolixity | unduly prolonged or drawn out : too long |
| cadaverous | of or relating to a corpse |
| blunder | to move unsteadily or confusedly |
| determinate | having defined limits |
| sear | being dried and withered |
| blues | low spirits : melancholy |
| fawning | seeking or used to seek approval or favor by means of flattery |
| martyr | a person who voluntarily suffers death as the penalty of witnessing to and refusing to renounce a religion |