GRE Word List
MACHINATIONS
an act of machinating
The meaning of the word machinations is an act of machinating.
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| topography | the art or practice of graphic delineation in detail usually on maps or charts of natural and man-made features of a place or region especially in a way to show their relative positions and elevations |
| metaphysical | of or relating to metaphysics |
| paraphernalia | the separate real or personal property of a married woman that she can dispose of by will and sometimes according to common law during her life |
| officious | volunteering one's services where they are neither asked nor needed : meddlesome |
| terrestrial | of or relating to the earth or its inhabitants |
| self-indulgence | excessive or unrestrained gratification of one's own appetites, desires, or whims |
| harbor | a place of security and comfort : refuge |
| recess | the action of receding : recession |
| fluke | flatfish |
| disfigure | to impair (as in beauty) by deep and persistent injuries |