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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| prevaricate | to deviate from the truth : equivocate |
| tertiary | of third rank, importance, or value |
| reciprocal | inversely related : opposite |
| mendicant | beggar |
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