Word List 29 Flashcards by Joseline lu | Brainscape

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Lucid

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Easily understood; clear

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Lucrative

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Profitable

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Ludicrous

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Ridiculous; laughable

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Lugubrious

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Mournful

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Lull

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Soothe

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Lumber

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Move heavily or clumsily

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Luminary

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Celebrity

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Luminous

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Shining; issuing light

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Lummox

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Big; clumsy

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Lunge

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Quickly dive forward

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Lurid

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Wild; sensational; graphic

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Lurk

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Stealthily lie in waiting; slink

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Luscious

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Pleasing to taste or 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

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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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Magnanimous

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Generous; great-hearted

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Magnate

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Person of prominence or influence

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Magnitude

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Greatness; extent

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Maladroit

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Clumsy; bungling

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Malaise

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Uneasiness

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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 affaires

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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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Malicious

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Hateful; spiteful

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Malign

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Speak evil of

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Malignant

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Injurious

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Malingerer

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One who feigns illness to escape duty

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Malleable

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Capable of being shaped by pounding

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Malodorous

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Foul-smelling

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Mammoth

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Gigantic; enormous

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Mandate

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Order; change

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Maniacal

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Raging mad

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Manifest

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Evident; visible

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Manifesto

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Declaration; statement of policy

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Mannered

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Affected; not natural

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Maritime

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Bordering on the sea

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Marked

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Noticeable or 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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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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One who voluntarily suffers death for his religion or cause

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Masochist

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Person who enjoys his own pain

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Maternal

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Motherly

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Matriculate

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Enroll

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Maudlin

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Effusively sentimental