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GRE Vocab13
M words/GRE Vocab
| Term | Definition |
|---|---|
| Machination | plot or scheme |
| Maelstrom | whirlpool; turmoil; agitated state of mind |
| Magnate | powerful or influential person |
| Malediction | a curse; a wish of evil upon another |
| Malinger | to evade responibilty by pretending to be ill |
| Malleable | capable of being shaped |
| Mannered | artifical or stilted in character |
| Mar | to damage or deface; spoil |
| Martinet | strict discipliarian; one who rigidly follows rules |
| Maudlin | overly sentimental |
| Mendacious | dishonest |
| Mendicant | beggar |
| Mercurial | quick, shrewd, and unpredictable |
| Meretricious | gaudy; falsely attractive |
| Metaphor | figure of speech comparing two different things |
| Meticulous | extremely careful; fastidious; painstaking |
| Militate | to operate against; work against |
| Mirth | frivolity; gaiety; laughter |
| Misanthrope | a person who dislikes others |
| Missive | a written note or letter |
| Mitigate | to soften; to lessen |
| Mollify | to calm or make less severe |
| Molt | to shed hair, skin, or an outer layer periodically |
| Monastic | extremly plain or secluded, as in a monastery |
| Monotony | no variaion; tedioulsly the same |
| Mores | fixed customs or manners; moral attitudes |
| Multifarious | diverse |
| Myopic | lacking foresight; having a narrow view or long |