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GRE Word List 14
Loquacious-Mundane
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08/13/2013

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Loquacious
Definition
Very talkative; garrulou
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Lucid
Definition
Clear and easily understood
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Lucubrate
Definition
To write in a scholarly fashion
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Luculent
Definition
Clear or lucid; easily understood
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Lugubrious
Definition
Gloomy, dismal, mourful, especially to an exaggerated degree
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Lull
Definition
Become quiet or less active
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Lumber
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To walk or move with heavy clumsiness
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Luminary
Definition
A person who is an inspiration to others
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Lurk
Definition
To lie in wait, as in ambush
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Lustrous
Definition
Having a sheen or glow
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Macabre
Definition
Suggesting the horror of death and decay; gruesome
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Macerate
Definition
To make soft by soaking or steeping in a liquid
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Machination
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A crafty scheme for the accomplishment of a sinister end
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Magnanimity
Definition
Generosity
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Maladroit
Definition
Clumsy, inept
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Malapropism
Definition
Ludicrous misuse of a word
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Malevolence
Definition
Wishing evil to others
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Malign
Definition
To speak evil of
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Malinger
Definition
to feign illness or othe rincapacity in order to avoid duty or work
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Malleable
Definition
Yielding, easily shaped, moldable, adapting
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Manacle
Definition
Something that confines or restrains
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Massacre
Definition
Cruel killing of a large number of people
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Matriculation
Definition
To be admitted, enter a university as a student
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Maudlin
Definition
Tearfully sentimental
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Maul
Definition
Hurt by rough handling
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Maverick
Definition
Rebel, nonconformist
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Mellifluous
Definition
Sweetly flowing
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Mendacity
Definition
Dishonesty
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Mendicant
Definition
Practicing begging
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Mercurial
Definition
Volatile; quick and changeable in temperament
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Meretricious
Definition
Attracting attention in a vulgar manner
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Mesmerize
Definition
Hypnotize
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Meticulous
Definition
Giving great attention to details
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Mettlesome
Definition
Having a proud and unbroken spirit; willing to face danger
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Middling
Definition
Intermediate; being at neighter one extreme nor the other
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Minatory
Definition
Menacing, threatening
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Mince
Definition
To restrain (words) for the sake of politeness
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Misanthrope
Definition
Person who hates mankind
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Mischievous
Definition
Harmful, causing mischief
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Miser
Definition
Person who is extremely stingy
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Misogynist
Definition
One who hates women or females
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Mitigate
Definition
To soften, make milder
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Moderation
Definition
Quality of being limited, not extreme
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Mollify
Definition
To sooth; calm in temper or feeling
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Molt
Definition
Lose hair or feathers before growing new ones
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Morbid
Definition
Of, relating to, or caused by disease; pathological or diseased
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Morose
Definition
Gloomy; sullenly melancholy
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Muffler
Definition
A device that absorbs noise
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Multifarious
Definition
Diverse; having great variety
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Mundance
Definition
Of, relating to, or typical of this world; secular
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