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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| casualty | a military person lost through death, wounds, injury, sickness, internment, or capture or through being missing in action |
| fluster | to put into a state of agitated confusion : upset |
| acetic | vinegary |
| innate | existing in, belonging to, or determined by factors present in an individual from birth : native |
| haggard | not tamed |
| polarize | to cause to vibrate in a definite pattern |
| bantering | to speak to or address in a witty and teasing manner |
| tertiary | of third rank, importance, or value |
| plasticity | the quality or state of being plastic |
| billowing | wave |