Gre M's

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Mace

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(n) ceremonial staff; clublike medieval weapon

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When they did archeological digs, they found a mace they think was Jesus's

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Macerate

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(v) soften by soaking in liquid

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When you cook beans, you have to macerate them in water first.

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Machiavellian

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(adj) crafty; double dealing

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Sue Sylvester was diabolically Machiavellian as she plotted to end glee club.

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Maculated

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(adj) spotted; stained

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Whenever I cook, my shirts inevitably end up maculated.

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Madrigal

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(n) pastoral song

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Is Home On The Range considered madrigal?

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Magisterial

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(adj) authoritative; imperious

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Keith sounded pretty magisterial today about the mac purchase.

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Magniloquent

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(adj) boastful, pompous

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Whenever I use my GRE words in real life, I sound magniloquent.

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Maladroit

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(adj) clumsy; bungling

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Urkel is the paradigm of a maladroit nerd.

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Malapropism

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(n) comic misuse of a word

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She's so funny, she thinks she's so smart every time she uses a big word, but it's almost always a malapropism.

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Malediction

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(n) curse

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She is so superstitious that she thinks a malediction was place on her family.

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Malefactor

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(n) evildoer

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Bush and Cheney are considered malefactors by many democrats.

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Malfeasance

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(n) wrongdoing

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By definition, malefactors commit malfeaseances.

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Malingerer

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(n) one who feigns illness to escape work

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I played a malingerer quite often senior year of high school.

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Manacle

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(v) restrain; handcuff

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The balloon boy's parents turned themselves in to avoid being manacled in front of the child.

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Manifest

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(adj) evident, visible, obvious

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The reason why guys won't commit to relationships is hardly manifest.

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Mannered

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(ad) affected; not natural

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When I like a guy, my behavior becomes very mannered.

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Manumit

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(v) emancipate; free from bondage

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After I pass this test, I'll be manumitted from the shackles of the GRE.

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Martinet

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(n) strict disciplinarian

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My uncle was such a martinet that he made other children do wall sits too.

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Matrix

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(n) point of origin

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The relationship's matrix was the the sorority/frat house.

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Maudlin

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(adj) effusively sentimental

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I've never been very maudlin - I get too embarrassed by gushiness.

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Mawkish

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(adj) mushy & gushy, ickily sentimental

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I hate seeing mawkish messages on Facebook - get a (digital) room!

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Mealymouthed

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(adj) indirect in speech

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I hate confrontation, so I tend to get mealymouthed when it comes to talking about touchy issues.

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Medium

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(n) element that is a creature's natural environment

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I hear that it's less jarring for babies to be birthed in water since liquid is the medium they're accustomed to.

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Megalomania

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(n) mania for doing grandiose things

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He has such a bad case of megalomania that he wants to run for president.

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Menagerie

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(n) collection of wild animals

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Johnson has so many exotic pets, it's like he has a menagerie at home.

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Mercurial

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(adj) capricious, changing, fickle

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I tend to have very mercurial tastes about food, so I always like new dishes.

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Metallurgical

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(adj) pertaining to the art of removing metals from ores

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San Francisco has a metallurgical past regarding gold.

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Metaphysical

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(adj) pertaining to speculative philosphy

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I'm not very good at philosphy, never mind metaphysical matters.

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Mete

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(v) measure, distribute

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The hand of justice meted out a fair punishment for the malefactor.

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Mettle

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(n) courage, spirit

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I don't know if I have the mettle to join the army.

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Miasma

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(n) swamp gas; heavy, unpleasant smell.

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New York sewers release a noisome miasma in the summer months.

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Militate

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(v) work against

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All the crappy junk food I eat just militates all the exercise I've done today.

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Minatory

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(adj) menacing, threatening

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Bees may seem minatory, but rarely do they sting without cause.

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Misanthrope

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(n) one who hates mankind

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Misanthropes are so depressing to be around. I think AJ is one

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Modish

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(adj) fashionable

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I try to be modish, but I'm afraid of buying dated clothing.

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Mollycoddle

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(v) pamper, indulge excessively

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My mother didn’t have enough money to mollycoddle us.

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Moratorium

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(n) legal delay of payment

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This month, I bought so much that I may have to ask AMEX for a moratorium.

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Mordant

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(adj) biting, sarcastic; stinging

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Mordant senses of humour are funny, except when directed at you.

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Mote

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(n) small speck

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She is such a germaphobe, she gets freaked by a mote of dirt

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Mountebank

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(n) charlatan, boastful pretender

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I thought he was cute, sincere, and humble, but he turned out to be a mountebank.

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Muggy

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(adj) warm and damp

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The muggy weather after the storm was so strange - we expected it to be cool & crisp

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Mulct

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(v) defraud a person of something

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The government bailout mulcted taxpayers out of trillions of dollars.

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Mundane

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(adj) wordly as opposed to spiritual, everyday

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I'm not very spiritual - I stick to the mundane things in life.