J-K-L-M Flashcards
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jaunt
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short trip, excursion
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jaunty
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carefree, confident
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jeer
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sneer, mock
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jeopardy
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danger
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jetsam
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goods cast overboard to lighten a ship
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jettison
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to throw goods overboard
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jingoism
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extreme patriotism
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jocose
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joking, humorous
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jocular
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humorous
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juggernaut
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terrible destructive force
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junket
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a pleasure trip, an excursion
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ken
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range of knowledge
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kindle
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to set on fire, excite
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kinetic
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pertaining to motion
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kismet
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destiny, fate
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knave
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a tricky, deceitful person
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knell
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to sounds made by the bell rung slowly for a death or funeral
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knoll
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small hill
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knuckle
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to yield (under), to apply oneself vigorously (down)
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lachrymose
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tearful
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lackadaisical
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uninterested, listless
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laconic
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concise, using few words
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laity
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religious worshippers who are not clergy
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lambent
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softly bright or radiant, running or moving lightly over a surface
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lament
mourn
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lampoon
sharp, harmful satire
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languish
to become weak or feeble
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lapidary
dealer in precious stones
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largess
gifts that have been given generously
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lascivious
lustful, lewd, inciting sexual desire
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lassitude
feeling of weakness and weariness
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latitude
freedom, margin
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laudable
praiseworthy
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lave
wash or bathe
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legerdemain
slight of hand, deception
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leonine
fierce, authoritative, lionlike
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leviathan
anything vast or huge, a sea monster
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libertine
one who leads an immoral life
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libretto
the words of an opera
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licentious
lawless, immoral, lewd
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liege
lord, master
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lilliputian
tiny, narrow minded
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limpid
clear, transparent
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lineaments
facial features
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lionize
treat as a celebrity
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lissome
moving gracefully, agile or active
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lithe
graceful, flexible
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loath
reluctant unwilling
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loathe
hate
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locus
place
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lode
rich source of supply such as a mineral deposit
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loll
lean or lounge about, to droop
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lope
move along with a swinging walk
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loquacious
talkative
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lot
fate
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lout
awkward, stupid person
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lugubrious
sad, mournful
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lupine
wolflike, fierce
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lurid
shocking, glowing, sensational
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machiavellian
deceitful, tricky
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machination
evil design
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maelstrom
whirlpool
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magnanimous
generous
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maladroit
clumsy, unskillful, awkward
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malady
disease, illness
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malaise
discomfort, uneasiness
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malapropism
word humorously misused
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malcontent
one who is dissatisfied
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malefactor
villain wrongdoer
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malfeasance
wrong doing
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malign
speak badly of
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malignant
evil, deadly
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malingerer
one who pretends to be sick to avoid work
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malodorous
bad-smelling, stinking
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mandarin
influential person
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manifold
many, varied
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manumit
to set free
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maraud
raid, plunder
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marquee
roof like shelter projecting above an outer door
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martial
warlike
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martinet
strict disciplinarian
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matrix
place of origin
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maudlin
excessively sentimental
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mawkish
sickeningly sweet, overly sentimental
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maxim
proverb or saying
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melee
noisy fight
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mellifluous
smoothly flowing, sweet sounding
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ménage
household, domestic establishment
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mendacious
lying, false
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mendicant
beggar
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mercenary
motivated only by a desire for money
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mercurial
changeable, fickle, erratic
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meretricious
gaudy, showy, attractive in a cheap flashy way
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mete
(out) to distribute in portions
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meteoric
momentarily dazzling
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mettle
courage, spirit
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miasma
pollution, poisonous environment
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microcosm
miniature world
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mien
manner, bearing
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milieu
environment, setting
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minutiae
insignificant details, trivia
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mire
wet, swampy ground, involve with difficulties
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misanthrope
hater of mankind
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miscegenation
mixture of races especially through marriage
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miscreant
vicious person, villain
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misgiving
doubt, suspicion
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misogamy
hater of marriage
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misogynist
woman-hater
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missive
letter
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modicum
small amount
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modish
fashionable
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modulate
soften, tone down
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monograph
book or paper on a single subject
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monolithic
unyielding, unified
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moot
doubtful, debatable
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moratorium
delay, postponement
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mordant
sarcastic, biting
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mores
customs, traditions, morals
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moribund
dying
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mountebank
phony, fraud, charlatan
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mulct
punish with a fine, obtain money by extortion
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multifarious
varied, having many parts
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munificent
generous
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myopic
nearsighted, having limited point of view
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myriad
infinitely vast in number
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myrmidon
unquestioning follower
