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 |
|---|---|
| invidious | of an unpleasant or objectionable nature : obnoxious |
| defunct | no longer living, existing, or functioning |
| salient | moving by leaps or springs : jumping |
| milieu | the physical or social setting in which something occurs or develops : environment |
| unassuming | not assuming : modest |
| dire | exciting horror |
| conifer | any of an order (Coniferales) of mostly evergreen trees and shrubs having usually needle-shaped or scalelike leaves and including forms (such as pines) with true cones and others (such as yews) with an arillate fruit |
| chaperon | a person (such as a matron) who for propriety (see propriety |
| transient | passing especially quickly into and out of existence : transitory |
| granulate | to form or crystallize into grains or granules |