Word Power S# 22 Flashcards

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adulation

A

flattery and worship to an excessive, ridiculous degree

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2
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titillation

A

pleasurable stimulation; tickling

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3
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adulatory

A

adj

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4
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-ory

A

adj suffix; place where

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5
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proscription

A

against such activity

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6
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describe

A

“to write down”

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7
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de-

A

down

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8
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manuscript

A

something handwritten

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9
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sub-

A

under

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via

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road; by way of

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11
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obviation

A

noun

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12
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trivial

A

unimportant; w/o significance

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13
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trivialities

A

or trivia

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14
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trivia

A

insignificant trifless

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15
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militis-

A

soldier, fighting man

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militant

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adj; fight for; noun for a person

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militancy

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malign

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adj; bad, harmful, evil

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malignant

20
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malignancy

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noun; condition, state, attitude of harmful

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malignity

22
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dico, dictus-

A

to say, tell

23
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malediction

A

curse, evil saying

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maledictory

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volo-
to wish, will, be willing
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malevolent
wishing evil, harm
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malevolence
noun
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facio, factus-
to do, make
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malificent
adj; doing harm, evil
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malificence
noun
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malefactor
wrongdoer, evildoer
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malefaction
crime
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maladroit
clumsy, gauche, unskillful
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maladroitness
noun
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malaise
bodily discomfort, mild illness