Vocabulary 36

Question 1

mandate

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(n/v) order; change

Question 2

manifold

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(adj) numerous; varied

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manumit

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(v) emancipate; free from bondage

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marsupial

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(n) one of a family of mammals that nurses their offspring in a pouch

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maunder

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(v) talk incoherently; utter drivel

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mawkish

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(adj) sickening; insipid

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mayhem

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(n) injury to body

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melange

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(n) medley; miscellany

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mesmerize

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(v) hypnotize

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metaphor

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(n) implied comparison

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miasma

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(n) swamp gas; odor of decaying matter

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microcosm

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(n) small world

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milieu

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(n) environment; means of expression

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militant

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(adj/n) combative; bellicose

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millennium

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(n) thousand-year period; period of happiness and prosperity

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minaret

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(n) slender tower attached to a mosque

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minatory

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(adj) threatening

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minion

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(n) a servile dependent

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molecule

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(n) the smallest part of a homogeneous substance

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momentum

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(n) quantity of motion of a moving body; impetus

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moor

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(n) marshy wasteland

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moratorium

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(n) legal delay of payment

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morganatic

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(adj) describing a marriage bet. a member of a royal family & a commoner in w/c it is agreed that any children will not inherit title, etc.

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mugwump

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(n) defector from a party

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multifarious

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(adj) varied; greatly diversified

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murrain

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(n) plague; cattle disease

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myopic

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(adj) nearsighted

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nascent

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(adj) incipient; coming into being

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nautical

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(adj) pertaining to ships or navigation

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neap

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(adj) lowest

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neologism

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(new or newly couned word/phrase

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nirvana

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(n) in Buddhist teachings, the ideal state in w/c the individual loses himself in the attainment of an impersonal beautitude

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nonplus

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(v) bring to a halt by confusion

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nuance

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(n) shade of difference in meaning or color

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nubile

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(adj) marriageable

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objurgation

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(n) severe rebuke; scolding

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oblation

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(n) the Eucharist; pious donation

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obligatory

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(adj) binding; required

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obsidian

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(n) black volcanic rock

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obstetrician

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(n) physician specializing in delivery of babies

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obsteperous

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(adj) boisterous; noisy

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Occident

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(n) the West

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odium

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(n) repugnance; dislike

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offal

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(n) waste; garbage

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offertory

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(n) collection of money at religious ceremony; part of the Mass during w/c offerings are made

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omnipresent

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(adj) universally present; ubiquitous

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onus

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(n) burden; responsibility

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oppurtunist

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(n) individual who sacrifices principles for expediency by taking advantage of circumstances

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opprobrium

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(n) infamy; vilification

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optimum

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(adj/n) most favourable

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opus

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(n) work

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orientation

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(n) act of finding oneself in society

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orison

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(n) prayer

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ornithology

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(n) study of birds

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orotund

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(adj) having a round, resonant quality; inflated speech

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orthography

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(n) correct spelling

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overweening

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(adj) presumptuous; arrogant

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pachyderm

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(n) thick-skinned animal

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paddock

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(n) saddling enclosure at race track; lot for exercising horses