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GRE Lesson 30
100 word chunks of Barron's data
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| militia | army composed of ordinary citizens rather than professional soldiers |
| millennium | thousand-year period (as in the New Testament); hoped-for period of happiness and prosperity |
| mime | pantomime(act without dialogue); mimicry; mimer; V: mimic; pantomime |
| mimicry | imitation |
| minatory | menacing; threatening |
| mincing | affectedly dainty(delicate); V. mince: cut (esp. meat) into very small pieces; walk with exaggerated primness; walk in an unnatural way, taking little short steps; Ex. The actor minced across the stage; CF. mincemeat; CF. mincer |
| mingle | mix together in close association |
| miniature | small model; small painting; ADJ: small |
| minion | servile dependent; obsequious follower |
| minuscule(miniscule) | extremely small |
| minute | extremely small; CF. minutes: official record of the proceedings at a meeting |
| minutiae | petty or trivial details; CF. minutia |
| mirage | unreal reflection; optical illusion |
| mire | entangle; stick in swampy ground; stick or sink in mire; N: bog; deep mud; Ex. sucked deeper into the mire |
| mirth | merriment; laughter |
| misadventure | mischance; ill luck; Ex. death by misadventure |
| misanthrope | one who hates mankind; misanthropist |
| misapprehension | error; misunderstanding; V. misapprehend |
| miscellaneous | made up of a variety of parts |
| miscellany | mixture of writings on various subjects; collection of various items |
| mischance | ill luck |
| mischief | behavior (of children) causing trouble with no serious harm; damage; harm; Ex. mischief to the crops; ADJ. mischievous: causing mischief; playfully troublesome |
| misconduct | immoral behavior; bad management; V. |
| misconstrue | interpret incorrectly; misinterpret; misjudge |
| miscreant | wretch; wrongdoer; villain; Ex. kindness to the miscreant; CF. believe |
| misdemeanor | minor crime; misdeed; wrongdoing |
| miserly | stingy; mean |
| misgivings | doubts |
| mishap | unfortunate accident |
| misnomer | wrong or improper name; incorrect designation |
| misogamy | hatred of marriage |
| misogynist | hater of woman; CF. misogyny |
| missile | object to be thrown or projected |
| missive | letter; written statement; CF. sent |
| mite | very small object or insect-like creature; small coin |
| mitigate | appease; moderate; make or become less in force or intensity |
| mnemonic | pertaining to memory; assisting the memory; N: device, such as as formula or rhyme, used as a mnemonic aid |
| mobile | movable; not fixed; N. mobility |
| mock | ridicule; deride; imitate often in derision |
| mode | prevailing style; current fashion; manner; way of doing something; Ex. in the latest mode; Ex. simple mode of life |
| modicum | limited quantity; small amount; Ex. He does not have a modicum of sense; CF. moderate |
| modish | fashionable; conforming to the current fashion |
| modulate | tone down in intensity; change the intensity or tone of; regulate; change from one musical key to another; Ex. modulate from E to G |
| mogul | powerful person; Ex. oil moguls; CF. Mogol, Moghul; CF. Mongolian |
| molecule | the smallest particle (one or more atoms) of a substance that has all the properties of that substance |
| mollify | soothe an angry person |
| mollycoddle | pamper; coddle; baby; indulge excessively |
| molt(moult) | periodically shed or cast off hairs or feathers (for replacement by a new growth) |
| molten | melted; Ex. molten lava |
| momentous | very important; N. moment; CF. momentary |
| momentum | quantity of motion of a moving body; impetus; moving force |
| monarchy | government under a single ruler |
| monastic | related to monks or monasteries; removed from worldly concerns |
| monetary | pertaining to money |
| mongrel | plant or animal (esp. a dog) of mixed breed; ADJ. |
| monochromatic | having only one color |
| monochrome | painting in only one color; ADJ. |
| monogram | design composed of one or more initials of a name; V. |
| monograph | scholarly article |
| monolithic | solidly uniform; unchangeable; unyielding; N. monolith: large block of stone |
| monotheism | belief in one God |
| monotony | sameness leading to boredom; monotonousness; ADJ. monotonous; CF. monotone |
| monumental | massive; impressively large; built as a monument |
| moodiness | fits of depression or gloom; ADJ. moody: given to changeable moods; subject to periods of depression; gloomy CF. mood: | state of mind or emotion |
| moratorium | legal delay of payment or action; Ex. declare moratorium on the building of new houses |
| morbid | given to unwholesome or unhealthy thought; moody; characteristic of disease; Ex. morbid curiosity; N. morbidity; CF. disease |
| mordant | biting; sarcastic; stinging; (apprec.) incisive; cutting; Ex. mordant pen/wit |
| mores | conventions; moral standards; moral customs |
| morgue | mortuary; place where bodies are kept before burial or cremation |
| moribund | dying; at the point of death; CF. death |
| morose | ill-humored; sullen; sullenly melancholy |
| mortar | vessel in which substances are crushed with a pestle |
| mortician | undertaker; CF. death |
| mortify | humiliate by embarassing excessively; shame; punish the flesh; discipline (one's body) by self-denial; Ex. mortified by her blunder; Ex. mortify the flesh; CF. cause to die |
| mosaic | picture made of small colorful inlaid tiles; ADJ. |
| mote | small speck (esp. of dust) |
| motif | theme; recurrent thematic element in a musical or literary work; single or repeated pattern; figure |
| motility | ability to move spontaneously; ADJ. motile: moving spontaneously |
| motley | multi-colored (as of a garment worn by a jester); mixed; heterogeneous; CF. jester: one who jests (as a paid fool at medieval courts) |
| mottled | blotched in coloring; spotted; Ex. mottled face; V. mottle: mark with blotches of different colors |
| motto | brief statement used to express a principle |
| mountebank | charlatan; boastful pretender |
| muddle | confuse; mix up confusedly; N: state of confusion |
| muggy | (of weather) warm and damp |
| mulct | defraud a person of something; swindle; Ex. mulct the boy of his legacy |
| multifarious | varied; greatly diversified; Ex. multifarious activities |
| multiform | having many forms |
| multilingual | having many languages; fluent in several languages |
| multiplicity | state of being numerous or multiple; large number; Ex. multiplicity of details; ADJ. multiple: of more than one element |
| mundane | worldly as opposed to spiritual; everyday; of the ordinary; Ex. mundane existence; CF. world |
| munificent | very generous in giving; Ex. munificent benefactor; N. munificience |
| mural | wall painting |
| murky | dark and gloomy; thick with fog; vague; Ex. murky night/fog; N. murk: partial or complete darkness; gloom |
| murmur | low, indistinct, continuous sound; V. CF. mumble |
| muse | ponder at length; N: source of inspiration (esp. of a poet) |
| musky | having the odor of musk; N. musk: odorous substance secreted by an Asian deer |
| muster | gather; assemble (troops); Ex. muster up one's strength for the ordeal; N. |
| musty | stale (in odor or taste); spoiled by age; CF. moist |
| mutablility | ability to change in form; fickleness; ADJ. mutable: able to change; fickle; CF. mutate; CF. mutant |
| mute | silent; without speech; not pronounced; unable to speak; N: one who is incapable of speech; V: soften the sound, color, shade of |
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