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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surreptitious | done, made, or acquired by stealth : clandestine |
august | marked by majestic dignity or grandeur |
reduce | to draw together or cause to converge : consolidate |
harrowing | acutely distressing or painful |
touching | capable of arousing emotions of tenderness or compassion |
jollity | the quality or state of being jolly : merriment |
meretricious | of or relating to a prostitute : having the nature of prostitution |
liquidate | to determine by agreement or by litigation the precise amount of (indebtedness, damages, or accounts) |
prey | an animal taken by a predator as food |
venal | capable of being bought or obtained for money or other valuable consideration : purchasable |