Advanced Words VI Flashcards
Lugubrious
Mournful, gloomy
Lumber
Walk in a heavy or clumsy way, sometimes due to being weighed down
Luminous
Shining, radiant, well-lit; brilliant or enlightening
Lurid
Gruesome or excessively vivid; sensational, shocking, unrestrained
Machination or machinations
Crafty schemes or plots
Maelstrom
Any chaotic, turbulent situation; violent whirlpool
Magnanimous
High-minded, noble, lofty; generous in forgiving others, free of resentment
Magnate
Very important or influential person, esp. in business
Malediction
A curse
Malinger
Pretend to be sick, esp. to get out of work, duties, etc.
Manifest
Obvious, apparent, perceptible to the eye; to show, make clear, or prove
Mannered
Having a particular manner, esp. an artificial one
Mar
Damage, spoil, ruin
Martinet
Person who adheres to rules extremely closely; strict disciplinarian
Maudlin
Excessively sentimental, showing sadness or some other emotion in a foolish or silly way
Maxim
A general truth or fundamental principle, esp. expressed as a proverb or saying
Mendicant
Beggar, or religious follower who lives by begging
Meretricious
Attractive in a vulgar or flashy way, tawdry; deceptive
Metaphysical
Concerned with abstract thought, related to metaphysics; very subtle or abstruse
Milieu
Environment, atmosphere; the environmental setting in which something happens or develops
Militate
Have a great effect, weigh heavily
Mired
Stuck, entangled, soiled
Mirth
Jollity, merriment; amusement or laughter
Misanthrope or misanthropist
Hater of humankind
Missive
Letter, written message
Modicum
A little bit or limited quantity
Modish
Stylish, contemporary
Molt
Shed or cast off, esp. to regularly shed skin, feathers, etc.
Monastic
Relating to or resembling a monastery, esp. by being quiet, secluded, contemplative, strict, and/or lacking luxuries
Morose
Gloomy, sullen
Multifarious
Diverse, having a lot of variety
Munificent
Generous, giving liberally
Myopic
Near-sighted; lacking long-term thinking, short-sighted
Nadir
Lowest point
Neologism
New word or phrase
Neophyte
Beginner, novice; person newly converted to a religion
Nettle
Irritate, sting, or annoy
Noisome
Having an extremely offensive smell; disgusting
Nominal
Trivial, so small as to be unimportant; in name only, so-called
Nontrivial
Important or big enough to matter
Normative
Implying or attempting to establish a norm; expressing value judgements or telling people what to do
Obdurate
Stubborn, hardhearted, hardened in wrongdoing
Oblique
Slanting or sloping; indirect, misleading, or evasive
Occlude
Stop up, close, shut in or shut off
Opine
Express an opinion
Opprobrium `
Disgrace and disapproval that result from outrageously shameful actions
Orotund
Full, rich, and clear; pompous, bombastic
Ossify
Become inflexible in attitudes, opinions, etc.; become bone or become hard like bone
Ostensible or ostensive
Professed, evident, or pretended; outwardly appearing in a certain way
Ostentatious
Pretentious, boastful showiness
