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 |
|---|---|
| discompose | to destroy the composure of |
| macerate | to cause to waste away by or as if by excessive fasting |
| knoll | a small round hill : mound |
| peremptory | putting an end to or precluding a right of action, debate, or delay |
| fete | festival |
| piquant | engagingly provocative |
| ample | generous or more than adequate in size, scope, or capacity |
| haughtiness | blatantly and disdainfully proud : having or showing an attitude of superiority and contempt for people or things perceived to be inferior |
| tyro | a beginner in learning : novice |
| lull | to cause to sleep or rest : soothe |