英文解释: adjective: offensively self-assured or given to exercising unwarranted power
例句: Though she was only a third grade teacher, Ms. Martinet was magisterial in dealing with her class, lording over them like a queen.
GMAT核心词汇 magnanimous
英文解释: adjective: noble and generous in spirit, especially towards a rival or someone less powerful
例句: He was a great sportsman: in defeat he was complementary and in victory he was magnanimous.
GMAT核心词汇 maintain
英文解释: verb: to assert
例句: The scientist maintained that the extinction of dinosaurs was most likely brought about by a drastic change in climate.
GMAT核心词汇 maladroit
英文解释: adjective: clumsy
例句: As a child she was quite maladroit, but as an adult, she has become an adept dancer.
GMAT核心词汇 malady
英文解释: noun: a disease or sickness
例句: The town was struck by a malady throughout the winter that left most people sick in bed for two weeks.
GMAT核心词汇 malapropism
英文解释: noun: the confusion of a word with another word that sounds similar
例句: Whenever I looked glum, my mother would offer to share "an amusing antidote" with me—an endearing malapropism of "anecdote" that never failed to cheer me up.
GMAT核心词汇 malevolent
英文解释: adjective: wishing or appearing to wish evil to others; arising from intense ill will or hatred
例句: Villians are known for their malevolent nature, oftentimes inflicting cruetly on others just for enjoyment.
GMAT核心词汇 malfeasance
英文解释: adjective: misconduct or wrongdoing (especially by a public official)
例句: Not even the mayor’s trademark pearly-toothed grin could save him from charges of malfeasance: while in power, he’d been running an illegal gambling rink in the room behind his office.
GMAT核心词汇 malingerer
英文解释: noun: someone shirking their duty by pretending to be sick or incapacitated
例句: At one time, our country was full of hardworking respectful people, but now it seems that everyone is a malingerer with little inclination to work.
GMAT核心词汇 malleable
英文解释: "adjective: capable of being shaped or bent or drawn out
adjective: easily influenced"
例句: "The clay became malleable and easy to work with after a little water was added.
My little brother is so malleable that I can convince him to sneak cookies from the cupboard for me."
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