Difficult GRE Words - Group 7

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n. show of skill or deceitful cleverness, considered magical by naive observers


Spelling Word: legerdemain
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n. something unusually large of its kind, especially a ship; very large animal, especially a whale


Spelling Word: leviathan
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v. to walk or move clumsily


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n. the whole universe or entire world; complex structure, such as society, considered as single entity that contains numerous smaller-scale structures


Spelling Word: macrocosm
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n. any of various warm-blooded vertebrate animals, including humans, characterized by a covering of hair on the skin


Spelling Word: mammal
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n. authoritative command or instruction; contract by which one employs another to manage any business for him


Spelling Word: mandate
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n. surgical procedure to remove of all or part of a breast


Spelling Word: mastectomy
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n. person, usually a woman, who is trained to assist women in childbirth


Spelling Word: midwife
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n. imitation; act, practice, or art of mimicking


Spelling Word: mimicry
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v. cause to sink or become stuck in; hinder, entrap, or entangle


Spelling Word: mire