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 |
|---|---|
| sordid | marked by baseness or grossness : vile |
| evenhanded | fair |
| pendulous | poised without visible support |
| hothead | a hotheaded person |
| decorous | marked by propriety and good taste : correct |
| impuissance | weakness |
| cynical | having or showing the attitude or temper of a cynic: such as |
| corpuscle | a minute particle |
| grudge | to be unwilling to give or admit : give or allow reluctantly or resentfully |
| pathos | an element in experience or in artistic representation evoking pity or compassion |