GRE Word List
MEALYMOUTHED
not plain and straightforward : devious
The meaning of the word mealymouthed is not plain and straightforward : devious.
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| optimum | the amount or degree of something that is most favorable to some end |
| sublime | to cause to pass directly from the solid to the vapor state and condense back to solid form |
| rational | having reason or understanding |
| metaphor | a figure of speech in which a word or phrase literally denoting one kind of object or idea is used in place of another to suggest a likeness or analogy between them (as in drowning in money) |
| vacuous | emptied of or lacking content |
| prevail | to gain ascendancy through strength or superiority : triumph |
| vulture | any of various large birds (families Accipitridae and Cathartidae) that are related to the hawks, eagles, and falcons but have weaker claws and the head usually naked and that subsist chiefly or entirely on carrion |
| connoisseur | expert |
| subjugate | to bring under control and governance as a subject : conquer |
| unscathed | wholly unharmed : not injured |