7/11 Flashcards
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Merit
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Advantages
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Mercurial
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Inconstant, unpredictable
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Meritorious
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Worthy
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Migrant
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Regularly moving from place to place
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Mimicry
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Imitation
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Misanthrope
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Person who doesn’t like other people
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Misconstrue
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Give wrong idea about
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Miscreant
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Someone who behaves badly
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Miser
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One who hoards and doesn’t spend
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Misgivings
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Feeling of doubt and worry
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Misnomer
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Incorrect description
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Mitigate
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Lessen
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Modicum
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Small amount of something good like truth or honesty
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Mollify
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Make someone less angry or upset
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Momentous
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Very important because of effects on future effects
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Monopoly
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Complete control of something, esp. in business
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Morass
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Mess
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Morbid
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Moody
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Moribund
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Not active successful
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Morose
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Unhappy
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Mote
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Particle
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Motley
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Assorted
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Muddle
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Untidy or confused
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Multifaceted
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Having many different parts
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Multilateral
Involving at least 3 different groups of people or nations
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Munificence
Generosity
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Munificent
Very generous with money
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Myriad
Very large number of
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Nadir
Worst time
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Naïveté
Trust based on lack of experience
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Nascent
Only recently formed or started
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Negate
Cause something to have no effect and therefore be useless
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Neurotic
Behaving strangely or in an anxious way
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Nicety
Details, esp with regard to good manners
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Noisome
Very unpleasant and offensive
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Noncommittal
Not expressing an opinion or decision
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Nondescript
Very ordinary
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Nonentity
Person without strong character, ideas or influence
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Notoriety
State of being famous for something bad
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Nubile
Age or physical condition suited to marriage
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Obdurate
Person who refuses to change his mind
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Obfuscate
Deliberately make it seem confusing
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Obligated
Thankful
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Obligatory
Compulsory
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Oblivious
Not aware of something
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Obscure
Unclear and difficult to understand
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Obsequious
Too eager to praise or obey someone
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Obstinate
Stubborn
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Obstreperous
Noisy and difficult to control
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Obtrusive
Noticeable in an unpleasant way
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Occlusion
Closing of an office
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Officious
Eager to tell people what to do
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Olfactory
Concerning with the ability to smell
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Ominous
Suggesting something unpleasant is likely to happen
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Omnipotent
Possessing infinite power
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Onerous
Difficult to do or needing a lot of effort
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Opportune
Happening at a time which is likely to give success
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Opulence
Wealth
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Ossified
Hardened and unchangeable
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Ostensible
Apparently true
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Ostentation
Flashiness
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Ostentatious
Too obviously showing your money, possessions
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Ostracize
Avoid someone intentionally or prevent the from taking part in the group
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Outlandish
Very unusual
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Overt
Obvious
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Pacify
Make someone who is angry calm
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Palliative
Tending to relieve
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Paltry
Very small and of little or no value
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Panache
Stylish, original, and very confident way of doing something
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Parable
Short story made to make a moral or religious point
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Paradigm
Model of something
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Paranoia
Fear, mistrust
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Pariah
Person not accepted by a social group
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Parity
Equality of pay or position
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Parochial
Narrow-minded
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Parsimonious
Stingy
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Partisan
Strongly supporting a person, principle, or political part without judging it carefully
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Pathos
Quality in a film, situation, play that makes people feel sad
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Paucity
Smallness of number or amount
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Pecuniary
Consisting of money
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Pedagogical
Concerning methods and theory of teaching
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Pedantic
Giving too much attention to formal rules and small details
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Pejorative
Suggesting something is not good
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Pellucid
Allowing maximum light to pass through
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Penchant
Special liking for something
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Penitent
Expressing remorse for ones wrong doings or sins
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Penurious
Poor
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Perambulate
Walk around for pleasure
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Perceive
To sense
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Peremptory
Not permitting refusal or disobedience
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Perfidious
Purposely disloyal or treacherous
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Peripatetic
Traveling around to different places
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Peripheral
Not essential
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Perpetuate
Cause someone to continue
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Personify
Be a perfect example of
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Perspicacious
Quick in noticing, understanding, or judging things accurately
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Perspicuity
Clearness of expression
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Pertinacious
Determined
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Pertinent
Related
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Perusal
Action of reading
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Petulance
Unreasonable childish bad temper over something unimportant
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Phlegmatic
Staying calm even when upsetting or exciting things happen
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Picayune
Anything small or trivial
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Picturesque
Visually pleasing
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Piety
Worshipful devotion to god or family
