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Words 2800 - 3000 Flashcards

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Nemesis

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Noun (Greek mythology)

The goddess of divine retribution and vengeance

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negligee

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Noun

A loose gown worn by women

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Nefarious

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Adjective

Extremely wicked

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Nectarine

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Noun

A variety of the peach

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Necromancer

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Noun

One who practices the art of foretelling the future by means of communication with the dead

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Necrology

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Noun

A list of persons who have died in a certain place or time

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Narcissus

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Noun

The son of the Athenian river god Cephisus, fabled to have fallen in love with his reflection

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naphtha

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Noun

A light, colourless, volatile, inflammable oil used as a solvent, as in manufacture of paints.

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munificent

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Adjective

Extraordinarily gwneorus

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Munificence

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Noun

A giving characterised by generous motives and extraordinary liberality

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Mundane

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Adjective

Worldly, as opposed to spiritual or celestial

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Muleteer

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Noun

A mule-driver

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Mulatto

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Noun

The offspring of a white person and a place person.

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Motley

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Adjective

Composed of heterogenous or inharmonious elements

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Moribund

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Adjective

On the point of death; breathing your last.

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Mordant

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Adjective

Biting.

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Mordacious

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Adjective

Biting or giving to biting

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Moratorium

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Noun

An emergency legislation authorising a government to suspend some action temporarily.

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Monomania

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The unreasonable pursuit of one idea

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Monolith

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Noun

Any structure or sculpture in stone formed of a single piece.

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Monograph

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Noun

A treatise discussing a single subject or branch of a subject.

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Monogram

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Noun

A character consisting of two or more letters interwoven into one, usually initials of a name.

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Monitory

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Noun

Admonition or warning

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Monition

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Noun

Friendly counsel given by way of warning and implying caution or reproof.

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Mongrel

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Noun

The progeny resulting from the crossing of different breeds or varieties.

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Molt

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Verb

To cast off, as hair, feathers etc.

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Modish

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Adj

Fashionable

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Moccasin

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Noun

A foot-covering made of soft leather or buckskin

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Miter

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Noun

The junction of two bodies at an equally divided angle.

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Mite

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Noun

A very small amount, portion or particle.

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Missive

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Noun

A message in writing

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Missal

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Noun

The book containing the service for the celebration of mass.

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Misogyny

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Noun

Hatred of women

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Misogamy

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Noun

Hatred of marriage.

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Minutia

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Noun

A small or unimportant particular or detail

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Minion

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Noun

A servile favourite

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Millet

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Noun

A grass cultivated for forage and cereal

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Militarism

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Noun

A policy of maintaining great standing armies

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Migratory

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Adjective

Wandering

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Migrant

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Adjective

Wandering

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Mien

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Noun

The external appearance or manner of a person

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Microcosm

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Noun

The world or universe on a small scale.

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Metonymy

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Noun

A figure of speech that consists in the naming of a thing by one of its attributes.

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Metempsychosis

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Noun

Transition of the soul of a human being at death into another body, whether human or beast.

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Metaphysics

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Noun

The principles of philosophy as applied to explain the methods of any particular science.

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Metaphysician

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Noun

One skilled in metaphysics.

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Metallurgy

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Noun

The art or science of extracting a metal from ores, as by smelting.

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Messieurs

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Noun (plural)

Gentlemen

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Meretricious

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Adjective

Alluring by false or gaudy show.

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