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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foregoto go before : precede
permissivegranted on sufferance : tolerated
plumbera dealer or worker in lead
lopsidedleaning to one side
exonerateto relieve of a responsibility, obligation, or hardship
cynicalhaving or showing the attitude or temper of a cynic: such as
consequentialof the nature of a secondary result : indirect
antagonismopposition of a conflicting force, tendency, or principle
whittlea large knife
shedto rid oneself of temporarily or permanently as superfluous or unwanted