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Mozarts25th GRE Wordlist 18
Mozarts25th GRE Wordlist 18
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09/20/2010
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Term
melee
 Definition
fight
Term
menagerie
 Definition
collection of wild animals
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mercurial
 Definition
capricious
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meretricious
 Definition
flashy, tawdry
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mete
 Definition
distribute
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miasma
 Definition
swamp gas
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mettle
 Definition
courage
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milieu
 Definition
environment, means of expression
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minatory
 Definition
threatening
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mincing
 Definition
affectedly dainty, nice, or elegant.
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minion
 Definition
servile dependent
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mire
 Definition
entangle
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mirth
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laughter
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misdemeanor
 Definition
minor crime
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jejune
 Definition
insipid OR immature
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abash
 Definition
embarrass
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abeyance
 Definition
suspended action
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abjure
 Definition
renounce upon oath
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abnegation
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renunciation
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abridge
 Definition
shorten
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abrogate
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abolish
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acclivity
 Definition
slope
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accost
 Definition
approach and speak to a person
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acidulous
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sharp and caustic
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acme
 Definition
peak
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acuity
 Definition
sharpness
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addle
 Definition
muddle OR to rot
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adjunct
 Definition
something nonessential that is added to something
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adventitious
 Definition
accidental
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advert
 Definition
refer
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aegis
 Definition
shelter , protection
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affliction
 Definition
state of suffering
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affix
 Definition
attach
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alimentary
 Definition
supplying nourishment
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agog
 Definition
highly excited OR intensely curious
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alacrity
 Definition
promptness
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alliteration
 Definition
repetition of beginning sound inpoetry
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alloy
 Definition
make less pure
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amble
 Definition
moving at an easy pace
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ambrosia
 Definition
food of the gods
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amiss
 Definition
wrong, faulty
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ancillary
 Definition
serving as an auxillary
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angular
 Definition
stiff in manner OR Gaunt
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ante-cede
 Definition
precede
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apex
 Definition
peak
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aphasia
 Definition
loss of speech due to injury or illness
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aphorism
 Definition
pithy saying
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apogee
 Definition
highest point
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apocryphal
 Definition
untrue , made up
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apothegm
 Definition
pithy compact saying
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