Quiz grade (201-204) Flashcards

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Lap

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Take in food or drink with ones tongue

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Langour

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Lassitude

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Larceny

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Theft

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Largess

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Generous gift

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Lassitude

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Languor; weariness

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Latent

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Potential but undeveloped

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Lateral

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Coming from the side

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Latitude

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Freedom from narrow limitations

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Laud

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Praise

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Lavish

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Generous, openhanded

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Lax

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Careless

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Leaven

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Cause to rise or grow

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Lecherous

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Lustful

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Leery

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Suspicious

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Legacy

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A gift made by a will

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Legend

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Explanatory

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Legerdemain

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Sleight of hand

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Leniency

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Mildness ; permissiveness

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Lethal

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Deadly

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Lethargic

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Dull; drowsy

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Levity

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Lack of seriousness

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Levy

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Impose; collect

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Lewd

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Lustful

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Lexicographer

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Compiler of a dictionary

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Lexicon

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Dictionary

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Liability

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Drawback

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Liaison

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Contact keeping parts of an organization in communication

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Libel

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Deformity statement

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Liberator

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One who sets free

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Licentious

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Amoral; lewd and lascivious

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Lilliputian

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Extremely small

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Limber

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Flexible

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Limerick

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Humorous short verse

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Limpid

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Clear; transparent

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Linchpin

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Something that holds or links various parts together

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Lineage

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Descent ancestry.

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Linger

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Loiter or dawdle

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Linguistic

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Pertaining to English

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Liniment

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Ointment ; lotion; salve

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Lionize

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Treat as a celebrity

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Liquidate

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Settle accounts; clear up

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List

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Tilt; lean over.

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Listless

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Lacking in spirit or energy

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Lithe

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Flexible; supple.

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Litigation

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Lawsuit.

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Livid

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Lead colored; black and blue; enraged.

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Loath

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Reluctant; disinclined

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Loathe

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Detest

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Lofty

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Very high

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Log

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Record of a voyage or flight

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Loiter

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Hang around; linger

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Loll

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Lounge about

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Longevity

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Long life

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Loom

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Appear or take shape. Usually in distorted form

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Lope

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Gallop slowly

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Loquacious

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Talkative

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Lout

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Clumsy person

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Ludicrous

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Ridiculous; laughable; absurd

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Lugubrious

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Mournful

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Lull

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Moment of calm

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Lull

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Soothe

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Lumber

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Move heavily of clumsily

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Luminary

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Celebrity ; dignitary

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Luminous

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Shining; issuing light

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Lummox

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Big; clumsy; often stupid person

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Lunge

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Quickly dive forward; thrust

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Lurid

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Wild; sensational; graphic; gruesome

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Lurk

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Stealthily lit in waiting; slink

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Luscious

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Pleasing to taste of smell

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Luster

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Shine; gloss

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Lustrous

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Shining

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Luxuriant

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Abundant; rich; splendid

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Machinations

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Evil schemes or plots

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Madrigal

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Pastoral song

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Maelstrom

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Whirlpool

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Magnanimous

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Generous; great hearted

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Magnate

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Person of promise or influence

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Magnitude

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Greatness; extent

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Maim

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Mutilate; injure

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Maladroit

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Clumsy; bungling

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Malady

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Illness

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Malaise

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Uneasiness; vague feeling if ill health.

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Malapropism

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Comic misuse of a word

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Malcontent

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Person dissatisfied with existing state of affairs

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Malediction

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Curse

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Malefactor

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Evildoer; criminal

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Malevolent

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Wishing evil

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Malfeasance

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Wrong doing

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Malicious

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Hateful; spiteful

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Malign

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Speak evil of; bad mouth; bad mouth

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Malignant

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Injurious; tending to cause death

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Malingerer

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One who feigns illness to escape duty.

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Malodorous

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Foul smelling

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Maniacal

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Raging mad; insane

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Manifest

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Evident; visible; obvioud

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Manifesto

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Declaration; statement of policy

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Manipulate

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Operate with one’s hands; control ; play

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Mannered

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Affected; not natural

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Marital

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Pertaining to marriage

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Marked

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Noticeable of pronounced

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Marred

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Damaged; disfigured

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Marshal

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Put in order

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Marsupial

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One of a family of mammals that nurse there offspring in a pouch.

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Martial

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Warlike

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Martinet

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Strict disciplinarian

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Martyr

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Great sufferer; one who voluntarily suffers death

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Masochist

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Person who enjoys their own pain

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Maternal

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Motherly

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Matriarch

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Woman who rules a family or larger social group

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Matriculate

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Enroll

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Matrix

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Point of origin; array of numbers or algebraic symbols; mold or die

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Maudlin

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Effusively sentimental

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Maul

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Handle roughly

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Maverick

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Rebel ; nonconformist.

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Mawkish

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Mushy And gushy

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Maxim

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Proverb; a truth pithily stated.

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Meager

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Scanty; inadequate

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Meander

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Wind or turn its course.

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Meddlesome

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Interfering

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Mediate

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Settle a dispute through services of an outsider.

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Mediocre

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Ordinary; commonplace

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Meditation

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Reflection; thought

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Medley

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Mixture

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Meek

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Quiet and obedien; spiritless

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Melancholy

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Gloomy; morose; blue

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Mellifluous

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Sweetly or smoothly flowing

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Membrane

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Thin soft sheet of animal or vegetable tissue

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Memento

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Token; reminder

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Menagerie

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Collection of wild animals

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Mendacious

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Lying; habitually dishonest.

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Mendicant

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Beggar

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Menial

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Suitable for servants; lowly; mean.

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Mercenary

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Interested in money or gain

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Mercurial

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Capricious; changing; fickle.

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Merger

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Combination

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Metallurgical

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Pertaining to the art of removing metals from ores.