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 |
|---|---|
| generality | the quality or state of being general |
| wary | marked by keen caution, cunning, and watchfulness especially in detecting and escaping danger |
| appease | pacify |
| vociferous | marked by or given to vehement insistent outcry |
| multiform | having many forms or appearances |
| restive | stubbornly resisting control : balky |
| thespian | actor |
| azure | the blue color of the clear sky |
| disgorge | to discharge by the throat and mouth : vomit |
| prolong | to lengthen in time : continue |
