An extensive working vocabulary is a prerequisite for test-taking success on the GRE Graduate Record Exam.

GRE word list

Menagerie	a variety of animals kept together
Mendacious	dishonest
Mendicant	beggar
Meretricious	gaudy; specious; flasely attractive
Mesmerize	to hypnotize
Metamorphosis	change; transformation
Metaphysics	a branch of philosophy tha tinvestigates the ultimate nature of reality
Meteorological	concerned with the weather
Meticulous	very careful; picky; fastidious
Mettle	courage; endurance
Mettlesome	full of courage and fortitude
Microcosm	a small system having analogies to a larger system
Militate	to work against
Minatory	threatening; menacing
Minuscule	very small
minutia	petty details
misanthrope	one who hates humanity
miscellany	mixture of writtings on various subjects
miscreant	villain; criminal
misogynist	one who hates women
mitigate	alleviate; to become less severe
mnemonic	realated to memory; assisting memory
modicum	limited quantity
mollify	to soothe
monolithic	solid and uniform; constituing a single
morose	ill-humored; sullen
motley	many colored; made up of many parts
multifarious	diverse
mundane	worldy as opposed to spiritual
necromancy	black magic
negate	to cancel out; nullify
neologism	new word or expression
neophyte	novice; beginner
nexus	a means of connection; a center
nonplussed	bewildered
nostalgia	sentimental longing for a past time
nostrum	medicine or remedy of doubtful effectiveness
nugatory	trifling; invalid
obdurate	stubborn
obsequious	overly submissive
obsequy	funeral ceremony
obviate	to make unnecessary
occlude	to shut; block
occult	relating to practices connected with supernatural phenomena
odyssey	a long, adventurous voyage; a quest
officious	too helful; meddlesome
olfactory	concerning the sense of smell
oligarchy	form of government in which power belongs to only a few leaders
onerous	burdensome
onomatopoeia	formation or use of words that imitate sounds of the actions they refer to
opprobrium	public disgrace; contempt
ornithologist	scientist who studies birds
oscillate	to move back and forth
ostentatious	showy; pretentious
overweening	presumptuous; arrogant
paean	song of joy or triumph
paleonthology	study of past geological eras through fossil remains
pallid	lacking color or liveliness
panegyric	elaborate praise; formal hymn of praise
paragon	model of perfection or excellence
partisan	one-sided; committed to a party
pathological	departing from normal condition
patois	jargon; a regional dialect
paucity	scarcity
pedantic	showing off learning
pellucid	transparent; easily understood
penchant	inclination
penury	extreme poverty
peregrination	wandering from place to place
peremptory	imperative; leaving no choice
perennial	present throughout the years; persistent
perfidious	faithless; disloyal; untrustworthy
perfunctory	superficial; performed really as a duty
perigee	point in an orbit that is closest to the earth
permeable	penetrable
perturb	to disturb greatly; make uneasy or anxious
pervasive	spread throughout every part
petulant	rude; peevish
phlegmatic	unemotional; calm in temperament
phoenix	anything that is restored after suffering great destruction