GRE Vocabulary

#601

magisterial

Adjective

Example sentences

1. The professor gave a magisterial lecture on ancient history.
2. She entered the room with a magisterial air.
3. The book offers a magisterial study of the subject.

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#602

magnanimous

Adjective

Example sentences

1. She was magnanimous and praised the rival who defeated her.
2. His magnanimous gift helped the whole village.
3. A magnanimous leader forgives small mistakes.

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#603

maintain

Verb

Example sentences

1. He continues to maintain that he is innocent.
2. The report will maintain a clear focus on safety.
3. It is costly to maintain an old building.

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#604

maladroit

Adjective

Example sentences

1. His maladroit attempt to apologize made things worse.
2. The maladroit waiter dropped two plates.
3. She felt socially maladroit at the formal event.

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#605

malady

Noun

Example sentences

1. The doctor could not identify the strange malady.
2. Poverty is a social malady that needs many solutions.
3. The medicine helped treat the child's malady.

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#606

malapropism

Noun

Example sentences

1. Her use of "dance a flamingo" was a funny malapropism.
2. The speaker made a malapropism and used the wrong word.
3. A malapropism can make a serious sentence sound humorous.

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#607

malevolent

Adjective

Example sentences

1. The story has a malevolent villain.
2. He gave us a malevolent look.
3. A malevolent person may enjoy causing harm.

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#608

malfeasance

Noun

Example sentences

1. The investigation uncovered official malfeasance.
2. The mayor resigned because of financial malfeasance.
3. Strict controls can help prevent malfeasance.

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#609

malingerer

Noun

Example sentences

1. The doctor realized that the man was a malingerer.
2. A malingerer pretends to be sick to avoid work.
3. The army punished the known malingerer.

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#610

malleable

Adjective

Example sentences

1. Warm clay is soft and malleable.
2. Young minds can be highly malleable.
3. The metal becomes malleable when heated.

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#611

malodorous

Adjective

Example sentences

1. A malodorous smell came from the old drain.
2. The garbage became malodorous in the heat.
3. They removed the malodorous waste from the room.

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#612

martial

Adjective

Example sentences

1. The country declared martial law during the crisis.
2. He studied several martial arts.
3. The drums gave the ceremony a martial sound.

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#613

martinet

Noun

Example sentences

1. The strict coach was a martinet who accepted no excuses.
2. Employees feared the office martinet.
3. The captain was a martinet about uniforms and rules.

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#614

maudlin

Adjective

Example sentences

1. He became maudlin after talking about his childhood.
2. The film was too maudlin for my taste.
3. She wrote a maudlin letter full of tears.

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#615

maunder

Verb

Example sentences

1. He would maunder for hours about the past.
2. The speaker began to maunder without reaching a clear point.
3. Do not maunder; tell us what happened.

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#616

maverick

Noun

Example sentences

1. The maverick politician often opposed his own party.
2. She is a maverick who follows her own ideas.
3. The company hired a creative maverick to lead the project.

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#617

mawkish

Adjective

Example sentences

1. The movie's mawkish ending felt false.
2. He wrote a mawkish poem about lost love.
3. The advertisement used mawkish music to make people emotional.

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#618

maxim

Noun

Example sentences

1. My father's favorite maxim is, "Honesty is the best policy."
2. The old maxim still offers useful advice.
3. She follows the maxim that practice brings improvement.

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#619

meander

Verb

Example sentences

1. The river begins to meander through the valley.
2. His speech would meander from one topic to another.
3. We watched the path meander between the trees.

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#620

melancholy

Noun

Example sentences

1. A feeling of melancholy came over her.
2. The song has a gentle melancholy sound.
3. He became melancholy when summer ended.

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