M’s part 1 – Flashcards
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| macabre |
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| horrible; gruesome |
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| Machiavellian |
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| deceitful; tricky |
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| machination |
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| evil design |
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| maelstrom |
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| whirlpool |
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| magnanimous |
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| generous |
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| magnate |
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| important person in any field |
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| maim |
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| to cripple; to deprive of the use of some part of the body |
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| maladroit |
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| clumsy; unskillful; awkard |
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| malady |
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| disease; illness |
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| malaise |
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| discomfort; uneasiness |
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| malapropism |
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| word humorously misused |
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| malcontent |
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| one who is dissatisfied |
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| malediction |
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| curse |
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| malefactor |
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| wrong-doer; villain |
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| malevolent |
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| showing ill will or hatred; very dangerous, harmful |
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| malfeasance |
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| wrongdoing |
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| malign |
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| to speak badly of |
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| malignant |
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| evil; deadly |
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| malingerer |
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| one who pretends to be sick to avoid work |
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| malodorous |
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| bad-smelling; stinking |
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| manacle |
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| handcuff; restraint |
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| mandarin |
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| influential person |
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| mandate |
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| an order; a command |
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| mangle |
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| to cut, slash, or crush so as to disfigure |
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| mangy |
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| shabby;filthy |
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| manifest |
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| evident; obvious |
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| manifold |
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| many; varied |
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| manumit |
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| to set free |
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| maraud |
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| to raid; to plunder |
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| maritime |
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| pertaining to hte sea |
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| marquee |
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| a rooflike shelter, such as glass, projecting above an outer door |
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| martial |
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| warlike |
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| martinet |
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| a strict disciplinarian |
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| martyr |
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| one who suffers for a cause |
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| marvel |
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| to be amazed; to wonder |
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| masochist |
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| one who enjoys his own pain and suffering |
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| masticate |
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| to chew |
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| matriarchy |
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| a social organization in which the mother is the head of the familiy |
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| matrix |
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| a place of origin |
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| maudlin |
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| excessively sentimental |
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| maul |
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| to injure; to handle roughly |
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| mausoleum |
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| large tomb for many bodies |
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| maverick |
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| a rebel; a nonconformist |
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| mawkish |
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| sickeningly sweet; overly sentimental |
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| maxim |
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| a proverb or saying |
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| meager |
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| inadequate; or poor quality |
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| meander |
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| to wander aimlessly |
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| meddlesome |
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| interfering; curious |
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| mediate |
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| to settle a dispute; to act as a go-between |
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| medley |
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| a mixture; a musical selection combining parts from various sources |
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| megalomania |
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| false impression of one's own greatness; tendency to exaggerate |
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| melee |
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| noisy fight |
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| mellifluous |
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| smoothly flowing; sweet-sounding |
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| melodramatic |
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| overly emotional |
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| memento |
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| remembrance; a souvenir |
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| menace |
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| a threat; a danger |
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| menage |
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| household; domestic establishment |
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| menagerie |
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| collection of wild or strange animals |
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| mendacious |
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| lying; false |
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| mendicant |
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| a beggar |
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| menial |
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| low; degrading |
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| mercantile |
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| pertaining to merchants; commercial |
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| mercenary |
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| motivated only by a desire for money |
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| mercurial |
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| changeable; fickle; erratic |
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| meretricious |
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| gaudy; showy; attractive in a cheap, flashy way |
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| mesa |
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| a flat-topped elevation of land with steep rock walls |
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| mesmerize |
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| to hypnotize |
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| metamorphosis |
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| a change; a transformation |
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| metaphor |
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| comparison |
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| metaphysics |
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| pertaining to beyond what is natural |
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| mete |
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| to distribute in portions |
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| meteoric |
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| momentarily dazzling; swift |
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| meticulous |
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| excessively careful; finicky |
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| mettle |
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| courage; spirit |
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| miasma |
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| pollution; poisonous environment |
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| microcosm |
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| a miniature world |
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| mien |
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| manner; bearing |
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| milieu |
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| environment; setting |
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| militant |
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| ready and willing to fight |
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| minion |
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| a devoted follower; a highly regarded person |
