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 |
|---|---|
| dispassionate | not influenced by strong feeling |
| hilarity | boisterous merriment or laughter |
| potpourri | a mixture of flowers, herbs, and spices that is usually kept in a jar and used for scent |
| misapprehension | to apprehend wrongly : misunderstand |
| winnow | to remove (something, such as chaff) by a current of air |
| invincible | incapable of being conquered, overcome, or subdued |
| lechery | inordinate (see inordinate |
| indices | signs; indications; Ex. indices of a student's potential; CF. index: something that reveals or indicates; sign; Ex. cost-of-living index |
| inerrancy | exemption from error : infallibility |
| panache | an ornamental tuft (as of feathers) especially on a helmet |