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 |
|---|---|
| unassuaged | not quenched, eased, or satisfied : not assuaged |
| contagion | a contagious disease |
| indignity | an act that offends against a person's dignity or self-respect : insult |
| stammer | to make involuntary stops and repetitions in speaking : stutter |
| sacrosanct | most sacred or holy : inviolable |
| pall | to lose strength or effectiveness |
| perverse | turned away from what is right or good : corrupt |
| irremediable | not remediable |
| meander | a winding path or course |
| sledge | sledgehammer |