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GRE Vocab13
M words/GRE Vocab
Term | Definition |
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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 |