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GRE Words M
GRE Words That Start With M
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05/31/2011

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Machination
Definition
plot or scheme; cabal
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Maculate
Definition
impure; marked with spots or bltoches
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Maelstrom
Definition
agitated state of mind; turmoil; Charybdis; eddy
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Magnanimous
Definition
generous and noble inmind and heart; alrusitic; high-minded
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Magnate
Definition
powerful or influential person; nabob; potentate; tycoon
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Malediction
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a curse; a wish of evil upon another; imprecation
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Malevolent
Definition
having or showing often vicious ill will; evil
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Malinger
Definition
to evade responsibilty by pretending to be ill; shirk; slack
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Mannered
Definition
artifical or stiltied in character; unnatural
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Martial
Definition
associated with war and the armed forces
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Martinet
Definition
strict disciplinarian; tyrant
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Maudlin
Definition
overly sentimental; bathetic; saccharine; mawkish
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Maverick
Definition
an independent induviual who does not go along with a group
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Mellifluous
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sweetly flowing, used to describe a voice; smooth
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Mendacious
Definition
dishonest
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Mendicant
Definition
beggar; supplicant
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Mercurial
Definition
quick; shrewd; unpredictable
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Meretricious
Definition
gaidy; faslely attractive
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Meticulous
Definition
extremley careful; punctilious
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Mettle
Definition
strength of spirit; courage
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Militate
Definition
to operate against; work against; affect
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Minatory
Definition
menacing; thretaning
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Mirth
Definition
frivolity; gaiety; laughter; jollity
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Misanthrope
Definition
one who hates all other humans
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Misogynist
Definition
one who hates woman
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Mitigate
Definition
to soften; allay; palliate; temper
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Mollify
Definition
calm or make less severe; comciliate
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Molt
Definition
to shed skin; desquamate
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Monastic
Definition
extremely plain or secluded; austere; self-sbnegating
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Monotory
Definition
no variation; tediously the same; drone
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Mores
Definition
fixed customs ro manners
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Morose
Definition
sad; sullen
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Multifarious
Definition
diverse; heterogenous; legion; motley
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Mundane
Definition
of the world; commonplace
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Munificence
Definition
generosity; bounteosness
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Myopic
Definition
lacking foresight; having a narrow view or long range perspective; unthinking
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