GRE Word List
SALUBRIOUS
healthful; conducive to health or well-being; socially desirable; Ex. salubrious area; CF. health
The meaning of the word salubrious is healthful; conducive to health or well-being; socially desirable; Ex. salubrious area; CF. health.
Random words
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| formidable | menacing; arousing fear; threatening; difficult to defeat; Ex. formidable foe/question |
| milieu | social environment; means of expression; Ex. feel out of one's milieu; Ex. His proper milieu is watercolor. |
| antithesis | contrast; direct opposite of or to; ADJ. antithetic or antithetical |
| infinitesimal | very small |
| sluice | artificial channel for directing or controlling the flow of water (with a gate to regulate the flow) |
| dowse | use a divining rod to search for underground water or minerals |
| tycoon | wealthy and powerful businessperson; wealthy leader; magnate; Ex. business tycoon |
| tenuous | thin; slim; rare |
| irremediable | incurable; uncorrectable; impossible to remedy |
| miasma | swamp gas; heavy vaporous atmosphere often emanating from decaying matter; pervasive corrupting influence; noxious atmosphere or influence |
