GRE_3000_List16

Question 1

minutiae

Answer 1

a minute or minor detail
[E] plagued by minutiae
[S] triviality
[A] gist

Question 2

mirage

Answer 2

something illusionary and unattainable like a mirage
[E] Reunion with her husband has become a mirage.
[S] chimera;delusion;hallucination;phantom;vision;
[A] reality

Question 3

misanthropic

Answer 3

having or showing a deep distrust of human beings and their motives
[E] a solitary and misanthropic artist
[S] antisocial;cynical;
[A] philanthropic;uncynical;
[P] misanthrope;

Question 4

misconstrue

Answer 4

to mistake the meaning of
[E] An outsider might misconstrue the nature of the phenomenon.
[S] garble;misapprehend;misinterpret;
[A] appreciate;savvy

Question 5

miscreant

Answer 5

one who behaves criminally
[E] robbed by a bunch of miscreants
[S] fiend; culprit; villain; rascal;
[A] cavalier; chevalier;

Question 6

misdemeanour

Answer 6

a crime less serious than a felony
[E] charged with several misdemeanours
[S] infraction; infringement;peccadillo; violation;
[A] felony;

Question 7

misgiving

Answer 7

a feeling of doubt or suspicion especially concerning a future event
[E] No one dispel his misgiving.
[S] apprehension; distrust; doubt; dread;
[A] assurance; belief; certainty; certitude;

Question 8

mite

Answer 8

a very small object
[E] I have only a mite left to buy lunch for the rest of the week.
[S] atom; iota; pittance;
[A] bundle; fortune; colossus;

Question 9

mitigate

Answer 9

to make less severe;
[E] powerful drugs that mitigate pains
[S] allay; alleviate; assuage; ease; palliate;
[A] aggravate; exacerbate; intensify;
[P] mitigation;

Question 10

mollify

Answer 10

to calm in temper or feeling
[E] mollify the angry customer;
[S] allay; propitiate; conciliate;
[A] aggravate; enrage; exasperate; incense; infuriate; vex;
[P] mollification;

Question 11

mollycoddle

Answer 11

to treat with an excessive or absurd degree of indulgence and attention
[E] mollycoddle his only grandson
[S] coddle; cosset; pamper;
[A] abuse; ill-treat

Question 12

molt

Answer 12

to shed hair, feathers, shell, horns, or an outer layer periodically;
[E] Snakes molt as they grow, shedding the old skin and growing a larger new skin.
[S] exfoliate; exuviate; shed;
[A] fledge;

Question 13

moratorium

Answer 13

a suspension of activity
[E] a moratorium on nuclear tests;
[S] abeyance; delay; doldrums; dormancy; latency; quiescence;
[A] resumption;

Question 14

mordant

Answer 14

biting and caustic about in thought, manner or style
[E] feel embarrassed about the mordant satire of the critics
[S] acerbic; avid; acrid; caustic; scathing;
[A] congenial; genial;

Question 15

moribund

Answer 15

1 approaching death
[E] The nation’s bank industry was moribund.
[S] decadent; deteriorating; dying;
[A] nascent; lively;
2 on the very verge of becoming obsolete
[E] Some social conventions have been rendered moribund in face of modernization.
[S] antiquated; archaic; fossilized; outdated;
[A] fresh; new; promising;

Question 16

morose

Answer 16

having a sullen and gloomy disposition
[E] morose job seekers who are injured to rejection
[S] bleak; chill; dark; depressed; dire; lugubrious; saturnine; solemn;
[A] bright; sanguine; rejoiced;

Question 17

mosque

Answer 17

a building used for public worship by Muslim
[E] a deadly suicide attack at the mosque
[S] cathedral; chapel; church; temple;

Question 18

motile

Answer 18

exhibiting or capable of movement
[E] Aircraft carriers are recognized as a motile combat platform.
[S] mobile; movable; portable;
[A] immobile;
[P] motility

Question 19

mottle

Answer 19

to mark with spots or blotches of different shades or colors
[E] a black horse mottled with white
[S] blotch; dapple; dot;
[A] blanch

Question 20

muddy

Answer 20

1 not clean
[E] The children got muddy after playing outside.
[S] besmirched; dingy; draggled; smudged; sordid; 
[A] immaculate; clean;
2 lacking in clarity
[E] a muddy recording
[S] cloudy; foul
[A] clear
3 to make unclear to the understanding
[E] The point is irrelative and will only muddy the issue we are trying to resolve.
[S] becloud; befog; obfuscate;
[A] clarify;illuminate;

Question 21

muffle

Answer 21

to wrap or pad in order to deaden the sound
[E] close the window to muffle the outside noises
[S] attenuate; dampen; deaden; mute; stifle;
[A] amplify; enhance; magnify;
[P] muffler

Question 22

mulish

Answer 22

unreasonably obstinate
[E] a mulish determination to act on his own.
[S] pertinacious; adamant;
[A] pliable;
[P] mulishly

Question 23

mundane

Answer 23

1 of, relating to, or typical of this world
[E] As for opera, I prefer mundane to religious themes.
[S] carnal; sensual;
[A] spiritual;
2 relating to, characteristic of, or concerned with commonplaces
[E] mundane concerns of day-to-day life
[S] ordinary
[A] extraordinary

Question 24

murky

Answer 24

1 being without light or without much light
[E] I don’t like walking around the murky campground without a flashlight.
[S] black; caliginous; stygian;
[A] bright; lucent;
2 lacking clarity
[E] He felt lost in the murky bureaucratic rhetoric.
[S] ambiguous; arcane;
[A] clear; limpid;

Question 25

mutate

Answer 25

to undergo or cause to undergo mutation
[E] Some chromosomes started to mutate after exposure to X-ray.
[S] alter; change; fluctuate; modify;
[A] plateau

Question 26

myopic

Answer 26

a lack of foresight
[E] a myopic view on climate change
[S] shortsighted
[A] provident
[P] myopia

Question 27

myriad

Answer 27

indefinite number
[E] the myriad stars of a summer night
[S] numerous;
[A] scanty; scarce;

Question 28

nadir

Answer 28

the lowest point
[E] the nadir on the curve
[S] bottom
[A] acme; apex; zenith

Question 29

natty

Answer 29

trimly neat and tidy
[E] a natty young woman
[S] dapper; smart; spruce
[A] frowsy; sloppy; slovenly;

Question 30

nauseate

Answer 30

to feel or cause to feel loathing or disgust
[E] The malodor of the rotten meat made us nauseate.
[S] disgust; repel; revolt; sicken;
[A] delight
[P] nausea

Question 31

nautical

Answer 31

of, relating to, or characteristic of ships, shipping, sailors, or navigation on a body of water.
[E] nautical mile
[S] marine; maritime; navigational;
[A] aeronautic; astronautic;

Question 32

nefarious

Answer 32

flagrantly wicked or impious
[E] a nefarious scheme to assassinate the archbishop
[S] destitute; impecunious; impoverished; threadbare;
[A] affluent; opulent

Question 33

nicety

Answer 33

1 careful attention to details
[E] There's a nicety of details in his meticulously painted landscapes.
[S] accuracy; delicacy; veracity;
[A] coarseness; imprecision
2 a fine point or distinction
[E] the niceties of the table manner
[S] subtlety

Question 34

nitpick

Answer 34

to criticize by nitpicking
[E] a peevish critic always ready to nitpick
[S] carp; cavil fuss
[P] nitpicker

Question 35

nonplus

Answer 35

use to be at a loss as to what to say, think, or do; perplex
[E] I was nonplussed by his openly expressed admiration of me.
[S] confound; confuse; discomfit; disconcert; mortify; abash;

Question 36

notch

Answer 36

1 a V-shaped record used for keeping a record
2 to obtain through effort
[E] a stunning performance that notched up a second Academy Award for the actor.
[S] attain; chalk up; hit;

Question 37

mint

Answer 37

1 an abundant amount
[E] worth a mint
[S] bomb;boodle;wad;
[A] modicum;mite;
2 unmarred as if fresh from mint;
[E] a second-handed laptop in mint condition
[S] intact;original;pristine;
[A] impaired;