GRE Word List

MACHINATIONS

an act of machinating

The meaning of the word machinations is an act of machinating.

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topographythe 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
metaphysicalof or relating to metaphysics
paraphernaliathe 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
officiousvolunteering one's services where they are neither asked nor needed : meddlesome
terrestrialof or relating to the earth or its inhabitants
self-indulgenceexcessive or unrestrained gratification of one's own appetites, desires, or whims
harbora place of security and comfort : refuge
recessthe action of receding : recession
flukeflatfish
disfigureto impair (as in beauty) by deep and persistent injuries