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Advanced Words VI Flashcards

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Lugubrious

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Mournful, gloomy

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Lumber

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Walk in a heavy or clumsy way, sometimes due to being weighed down

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Luminous

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Shining, radiant, well-lit; brilliant or enlightening

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Lurid

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Gruesome or excessively vivid; sensational, shocking, unrestrained

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Machination or machinations

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Crafty schemes or plots

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Maelstrom

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Any chaotic, turbulent situation; violent whirlpool

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Magnanimous

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High-minded, noble, lofty; generous in forgiving others, free of resentment

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Magnate

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Very important or influential person, esp. in business

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Malediction

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A curse

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Malinger

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Pretend to be sick, esp. to get out of work, duties, etc.

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Manifest

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Obvious, apparent, perceptible to the eye; to show, make clear, or prove

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Mannered

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Having a particular manner, esp. an artificial one

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Mar

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Damage, spoil, ruin

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Martinet

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Person who adheres to rules extremely closely; strict disciplinarian

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Maudlin

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Excessively sentimental, showing sadness or some other emotion in a foolish or silly way

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Maxim

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A general truth or fundamental principle, esp. expressed as a proverb or saying

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Mendicant

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Beggar, or religious follower who lives by begging

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Meretricious

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Attractive in a vulgar or flashy way, tawdry; deceptive

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Metaphysical

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Concerned with abstract thought, related to metaphysics; very subtle or abstruse

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Milieu

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Environment, atmosphere; the environmental setting in which something happens or develops

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Militate

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Have a great effect, weigh heavily

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Mired

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Stuck, entangled, soiled

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Mirth

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Jollity, merriment; amusement or laughter

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Misanthrope or misanthropist

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Hater of humankind

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Missive

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Letter, written message

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Modicum

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A little bit or limited quantity

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Modish

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Stylish, contemporary

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Molt

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Shed or cast off, esp. to regularly shed skin, feathers, etc.

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Monastic

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Relating to or resembling a monastery, esp. by being quiet, secluded, contemplative, strict, and/or lacking luxuries

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Morose

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Gloomy, sullen

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Multifarious

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Diverse, having a lot of variety

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Munificent

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Generous, giving liberally

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Myopic

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Near-sighted; lacking long-term thinking, short-sighted

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Nadir

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Lowest point

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Neologism

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New word or phrase

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Neophyte

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Beginner, novice; person newly converted to a religion

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Nettle

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Irritate, sting, or annoy

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Noisome

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Having an extremely offensive smell; disgusting

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Nominal

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Trivial, so small as to be unimportant; in name only, so-called

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Nontrivial

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Important or big enough to matter

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Normative

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Implying or attempting to establish a norm; expressing value judgements or telling people what to do

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Obdurate

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Stubborn, hardhearted, hardened in wrongdoing

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Oblique

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Slanting or sloping; indirect, misleading, or evasive

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Occlude

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Stop up, close, shut in or shut off

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Opine

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Express an opinion

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Opprobrium `

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Disgrace and disapproval that result from outrageously shameful actions

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Orotund

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Full, rich, and clear; pompous, bombastic

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Ossify

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Become inflexible in attitudes, opinions, etc.; become bone or become hard like bone

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Ostensible or ostensive

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Professed, evident, or pretended; outwardly appearing in a certain way

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Ostentatious

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Pretentious, boastful showiness

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