Word Smart 57-70 Flashcards
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Maverick
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rebel
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Maudlin
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overly sentimental; emotional
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Maxim
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proverb; old saying
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Mediate
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to help settle differences
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Mellfluous
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sweetly flowing
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mendacious
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lying; dishonest
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Mendicant
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a begger
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mentor
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a role model
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mercenary
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someone hired to do something
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Mercurial
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emotionally unpredictable; rapidly changing
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metamorphosis
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a magical change
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Microcosm
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the world in miniature
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Milieu
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environment
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miniscule
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tiny
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misanthropic
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hating mankind
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mitigate
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to soothe
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mollify
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to soothe
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monolithic
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a massive solid thing
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moribund
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dying
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morose
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gloomy
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mortify
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to humiliate
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mundane
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ordinary, boring
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munificent
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very generous
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myopia
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narrow-minded, lack of foresight
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Myriad
plenty
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Narcissism
excessive love for oneself
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Nebulous
ambiguous
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nefarious
evil
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neologism
a new word or phrase
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nepotism
showing favoritism to friends and family "nephew"
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Nihilism
belief that there are no values or morals in the universe
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nominal
in name only, insignificant
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nostalgia
thinking about the past
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notorious
famous for something bad
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novel
new
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noxious
harmful
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nuance
a subtle difference
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obdurate
stubborn and insensitive
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obfuscate
to confuse
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oblique
indirect
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oblivion
total forgetfulness
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obscure
hard to understand
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Obsequious
acting like slave
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obtuse
insensitive
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officious
annoyingly eager
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onerous
burdensome
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opaque
impossible to see through
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opulent
luxurious
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orthodox
conventional
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ostensible
obvious but misleading
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ostentatious
showing off
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Pacify
to calm someone down, to soothe
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painstaking
extremely careful
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palliate
tto alleviate
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palpable
capable of being touched
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paltry
insignificant, worthless
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panacea
a cure-all
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paradigm
a model or example
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paradox
something that contradicts
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parochial
narrowminded
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parody
an imitation
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parsimonious
penny-pinching
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partisan
a biased person
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patent
obvious
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paternal
fatherly
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pathology
the science of diseases
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pathiarch
a male head of the family
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patrician
a person of nobel birth; aristocrat
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patronize
to treat as an inferior
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paucity
rarity
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peccadillo
a minor offense
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pedantic
boringly scholarly
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pedestrian
boring, unimaginative
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pwjorative
negative
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penchant
a natural attraction
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penitent
sorry
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pensive
thoughtful and sad
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peremptory
final
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perennial
happening again and again; continual
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perfidy
disloyalty
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perfunctory
unenthusiastic
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peripatetic
wandering
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periphery
the outside edge, not important
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perjury
lying under oath
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ppermeate
to spread or seep through
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pernicious
extremely evil
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perquisite
perk
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pertinent
revelent
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perturb
to disturb greatly
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peruse
to read carefully
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pervade
to spread throughout
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petulant
rude, ill-tempered
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philanthropy
love of mankind, charity
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philistine
ignorant person with no appreciation for art
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pious
religious
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pivotal
crucial
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placate
to pacify, to soothe
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plaintive
expressing sorrow
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platitude
a cliche
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plebian
common, low-class
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plethora
a lot
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poignant
emotional
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polarize
to break up into; divisive
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polemic
powerful argument
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ponderous
large; clumsy
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portent
a sign of something in the future
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postulate
something accepted without proof
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pragmatic
practical
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precedent
an earlier example
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precept
a rule to live by
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precipitate
to cause to happen abruptly
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precipitous
steep
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preclude
to prevent something from happening
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precursor
a forerunner
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predilection
a natural preference for something
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ppreeminent
outstanding
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preempt
to steal
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premise
an assumption
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prepossess
to influence beforehand
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prerogative
a right or privilege connected to a position or person
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prevail
to win
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pristine
pure
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prodigal
wastefully extravagant
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prodigious \
extrordinary
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prodigy
extremely talented child
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profane
not having to do with religion, blasphemous
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profess
to declare
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proficient
good at
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profligate
extravagantly qasteful
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profound
deep
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profuse
flowing, extravagant
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proletariat
industrial working class
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prooliferate
to spread
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prolific
productive; abundantly
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promulgate
to proclaim
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propensity
attraction, tendancy
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propitious
lucky, auspicious
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proponent
a supporter
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proprietary
a feeling of ownership
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propriety
properness; good manner
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prosaic
boring
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proscribe
to outlaw
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proselytize
to convert from one religion to another
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protagonist
a leading character
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protract
to prolong
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provident
preparing for the future
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provincial
narrowminded
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provisional
conditional; temporary
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proximity
closeness
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prudent
careful
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purported
claimed
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putative
supposed
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qualify
restricted
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qualitative
having to do with the quality of something
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querulous
complaining
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quixotic
idealistic to a foolish degree
