Group8 Flashcards
Obdurate
Stubborn
Nugatory
Trifling; invalid
Obsequy
Funeral ceremony
Multifarious
Diverse
Mundane
Worldly as opposed to spiritual; concerned with the ordinary
Necromancy
Black magic
Negate
To cancel out; nullify
Neologism
New word or expression
Neophyte
Novice, beginner
Nexus
A means of connection; a connected group or series; a center
Nonplussed
Bewildered
Nostalgia
Sentimental longing for a past time
Nostrum
Medicine or remedy of doubtful remedy; supposed cure
miscellany
Mixture of writings on various subjects
Miscreant
Villain, criminal
Mysogynist
One who hates women
mnemonic
Related to memory
Mollify
To soothe
Monolithic
Solid ad uniform; constituting a single, unified whole
Morose
ill-humoured, sullen
Motley
Many coloured, made up of many parts
Mettle
Courage, endurance
Mettlesome
Full of courage an fortitude, spirited
Microcosm
A small system having analogies to a larger system
Miltrate
To work against
Minatory
Threatening, menacing
Minutia
Pretty details
Misanthrope
One who hates humanity
Malleable
Capable of being shaped by pounding; impressionable
Maverick
Dissenter
Megalomania
Delusions of power or importance
Menagerie
A variety of animals kept together
Mendacious
Dishonest
Mendicant
Beggar
Meretricious
Gaudy, plausible but false, specious
Metamorphosis
Change, transformation
Metaphysics
A branch of philosophy that investigates the ultimate nature of reality
Lucre
Money or profits
Lustrous
Shining
Machiavellian
Crafty, double-dealing
Maeistrom
Whirlpool, turmoil
Malign
To speak evil of