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 |
|---|---|
| dissonance | lack of agreement |
| standstill | a state characterized by absence of motion or of progress : stop |
| scale | an instrument or machine for weighing |
| prevail | to gain ascendancy through strength or superiority : triumph |
| recluse | marked by withdrawal from society : solitary |
| holster | a leather or fabric case for carrying a firearm on the person (as on the hip or chest), on a saddle, or in a vehicle |
| limbo | an abode of souls that are according to Roman Catholic theology barred from heaven because of not having received Christian baptism |
| seemly | good-looking |
| sophist | philosopher |
| analgesic | an agent producing diminished sensation to pain without loss of consciousness : a drug that is used to relieve pain and produce analgesia |