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GRE Vocab 4000
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| macabre | gruesome |
| machination | plot |
| macrobiosis | longevity |
| maelstrom | whirlpool |
| magisterial | arbitrary, dictatorial |
| magnum opus | masterpiece |
| maladroit | clumsy |
| malaise | uneasiness, weariness |
| malapropism | comical misuse of a word |
| malediction | curse |
| malfeasance | wrong doing |
| manacle | shackle |
| mandrill | baboon |
| marauder | plunderer |
| martial | warlike |
| martinet | disciplinarian |
| masticate | chew |
| matriculate | enroll |
| matrix | array |
| mellifluous | sweet sounding |
| menagerie | zoo |
| mendacity | untruth |
| mendicant | beggar |
| mercenary | calculating, venal |
| mercurial | changeable, volatile |
| mete | distribute |
| metier | occupation |
| matutinal | early |
| maudlin | weepy, sentimental |
| mawkish | sickeningly sentimental |
| metonymy | the substitution of a phrase for the name itself |
| mettle | courage, capacity for bravery |
| miasma | toxin |
| mien | appearance, bearing |
| milieu | environment |
| militate | work against |
| minatory | threatening |
| minstrel | troubadour |
| minutiae | trivia |
| miscegenation | intermarriage |
| miscellany | mixture of items |
| misogyny | hatred of women |
| missive | letter |
| mnemonics | that which aids the memory |
| mobocracy | rule by mob |
| modicum | pittance |
| moot | disputable |
| morass | swamp, difficult situation |
| moratorium | postponement |
| mordant | biting, sarcastic |
| mores | moral standards |
| moribund | near death |
| morose | sullen |
| mote | speck |
| motley | diverse |
| mottled | spotted |
| mountebank | charlatan |
| mousy | drab, colorless |
| muckraker | reformer |
| mulct | defraud |
| multifarious | diverse, many-sided |
| munificent | generous |
| mutability | able to change |
| myopic | narrow-minded |
| myrmidons | loyal followers |