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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| paean | a joyous song or hymn of praise, tribute, thanksgiving, or triumph |
| ransack | to look through thoroughly in often a rough way |
| scapegoat | a goat upon whose head are symbolically placed the sins of the people after which he is sent into the wilderness in the biblical ceremony for Yom Kippur |
| dissent | to withhold assent or approval |
| irascible | marked by hot temper and easily provoked anger |
| deface | to mar the appearance of : injure by effacing significant details |
| veracious | truthful |
| allegory | the expression by means of symbolic fictional figures and actions of truths or generalizations about human existence |
| circumlocution | the use of an unnecessarily large number of words to express an idea |
| inclined | having inclination, disposition, or tendency |