GRE Word List
MACHIAVELLIAN
of or relating to Machiavelli or Machiavellianism
The meaning of the word machiavellian is of or relating to Machiavelli or Machiavellianism.
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| Word | Meaning |
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| atavism | recurrence in an organism of a trait or character typical of an ancestral form and usually due to genetic recombination |
| disconsolate | cheerless |
| deciduous | falling off or shed seasonally or at a certain stage of development in the life cycle |
| luxuriant | yielding abundantly : fertile |
| libido | instinctual psychic energy that in psychoanalytic theory is derived from primitive biological urges (as for sexual pleasure or self-preservation) and that is expressed in conscious activity |
| purge | to clear of guilt |
| prosper | to succeed in an enterprise or activity |
| impunity | exemption or freedom from punishment, harm, or loss |
| multiform | having many forms or appearances |
| pauper | a person destitute of means except such as are derived from charity |