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 |
|---|---|
| proximity | the quality or state of being proximate : closeness |
| plausible | superficially fair, reasonable, or valuable but often specious |
| condign | deserved |
| menial | a person doing menial work |
| ethnic | of or relating to large groups of people classed according to common racial, national, tribal, religious, linguistic, or cultural origin or background |
| impasse | a predicament affording no obvious escape |
| vanguard | the forefront of an action or movement |
| parquet | to furnish with a floor of parquet |
| formidable | causing fear, dread, or apprehension |
| fleck | streak |