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Mozarts25th GRE Wordlist 27
Mozarts25th GRE Wordlist 27
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10/06/2010

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mousy
Definition
drab and colorless.
OR meek; timid
Term
myopic
Definition
narrow-minded
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myrmidons
Definition
loyal followers
Term
noctambulism
Definition
sleep walking
Term
nub
Definition
crux of somthing OR a lump or small piece
Term
oblation
Definition
the offering of the bread and wine of the Eucharist to God
Term
oblique
Definition
indirect
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Occident
Definition
the West
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offal
Definition
inedible parts of a butchered
animal
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offertory
Definition
church collection
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oleaginous
Definition
having the nature or qualities of oil.
Term
olio
Definition
a medley or potpourri
Term
operetta
Definition
musical comedy
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ordnance
Definition
artillery
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orison
Definition
prayer
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otiose
Definition
idle; indolent
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outré
Definition
unconventional; bizarre
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orb
Definition
sphere
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page
Definition
an attendant or employee, usually in uniform,
Term
palaver
Definition
babble, nonsense
Term
aggrandize
Definition
to widen in scope; increase in size or intensity; enlarge; extend. OR
to make great or greater in power, wealth, rank, or honor.
Term
rustling
Definition
to steal cattle
Term
whetstone
Definition
a stone for sharpening cutlery or tools by friction.
Term
byzantine
Definition
complex or intricate
Term
Friable
Definition
easily crumbled or reduced to powder
Term
reconstitute
Definition
to return (a dehydrated or concentrated food) to the liquid state by adding water OR to constitute again; reconstruct; recompose.
Term
prorogue
Definition
to discontinue a session of (the British Parliament or a similar body).
Term
palsy
Definition
paralysis
Term
panoply
Definition
full suit of armor
Term
pare
Definition
to remove (an outer coating, layer, or part) by cutting
Term
parlay
Definition
to bet or gamble (an original amount and its winnings) on a subsequent race, contest, OR to increase
Term
pastel
Definition
having a soft, subdued shade.
Term
patronymic
Definition
a name formed form
the name of a father
Term
patter
Definition
walk lightly
Term
peerage
Definition
aristocracy
Term
pejorative
Definition
insulting
Term
pax
Definition
period in history marked by the absence of major wars, usually imposed by a predominant nation.
Term
pend
Definition
to remain undecided or unsettled.
OR to hang.
Term
perforce
Definition
by necessity
Term
pettifogger
Definition
unscrupulous lawyer
Term
philippic
Definition
invective, bitter denunciation.
Term
physic
Definition
a medicine that purges; cathartic; laxative.
Term
picaresque
Definition
pertaining to, or resembling rogues.
Term
pique
Definition
sting, arouse interest
Term
driblet
Definition
a small or petty sum
Term
pixilated
Definition
slightly eccentric or mentally disordered
Term
poltroon
Definition
a wretched coward; craven.
Term
porcine
Definition
of or pertaining to swine
Term
predacious
Definition
plundering
Term
posthaste
Definition
with haste or speed
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