28-33 Flashcards
(116 cards)
1
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laity
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laypersons; persons not connected with the clergy
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lap
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take in food or drink with tongue; splash gently
3
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larder
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pantry
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lascivious
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lustful
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lassitude
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listlessness
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lectern
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reading desk or stand for a public speaker
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leonine
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like a lion
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levee
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embankment to prevent flooding
9
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libel
A
defamatory written statement
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libertine
A
dissolute or licentious person
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libidinous
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lustful
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licentious
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amoral; lewd
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lien
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legal claim or right on a property
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ligneous
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like wood
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liliputian
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extremely small
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limn
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draw; outline
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limpid
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crystal clear
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lineaments
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features especially of the face
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lionize
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treat a person as a celebrity
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litany
A
prayer in which the priest calls out and the people replies in the same words
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lithe
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flexible
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willowy
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flexible
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litotes
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understatement for emphasis
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livid
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angry
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loath
reluctant; unwilling
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lope
gallop slowly
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lout
clumsy person
28
lucre
money; profit
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lugubrious
mournful; sorrowful
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lull
moment of calm
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lumen
unit of light energy
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lurid
wild; graphic; gruesome
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macerate
soften by soaking in liquid; waste away
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Machiavellian
crafty; double-dealing
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maculated
spotted; stained
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madrigal
pastoral song
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maelstrom
violent whirlpool; violent or turbulent situation
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magisterial
authoritative; imperious
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magnanimity
generosity
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magniloquent
boastful; pompous
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maim
mutilate
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malapropism
comic misuse of a word
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malapropos
inappropriate
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malefactor
evildoer
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malingerer
one who feigns illness to escape duty
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manacle
restrain; handcuff
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manifest
evident; visible
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manifesto
public declaration of principles
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manifold
many in number or kind
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mannered
affected; not natural
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manumit
emancipate
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marred
damaged
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martinet
strict disciplinarian
54
matrix
point of origin
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maudlin
effusively sentimental
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maverick
rebel; non comformist
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mawkish
sentimental
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mealymouthed
indirect in speech; hypocritical
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meek
submissive; patient and long-suffering
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megalomania
mania for doing grandiose things
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mellifluous
sweetly or smoothly flowing
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mendacious
lying; habitually
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alms
money or goods given to the poor
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mercantile
concerning trades or merchants
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mercurial
capricious; quick and changing
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meretricious
flashy; tawdry; attractive only on the surface
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mete
measure; distribute; administer
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mettle
courage
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miasma
swamp gas
70
militate
work against
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minatory
menacing
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mincing
affectedly dainty
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mire
entangle; stick in swampy ground
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misadventure
mischace; ill luck
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misnomer
wrong or improper name
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missive
letter; written statement
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mitigate
appease; moderate
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modicum
limited quantity
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modulate
tone down in intensity
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monastic
solidly uniform
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moratorium
legal delay of payment or action
82
mores
conventions; moral standards
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mote
small speck
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motley
multi-colored
85
mottled
blotched, in coloring
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mountebank
charlatan
87
muggy
warm and damp (weather)
88
mulct
swindle
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munificent
very generous in giving
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natty
neatly or smartly dressed
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nettle
irritate
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nexus
connection
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nib
beak
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nicety
precision; accuracy
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niggle
spend too much time on minor points
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nihilist
total rejection of established laws and institutions.
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noisome
foul smelling; very unpleasant
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nonplus
put at a loss
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nostrum
questionable medicine
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nubile
marriageable
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nugatory
worthless
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numismatist
person who collects coins
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obdurate
stubborn
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obloquy
slander
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slavish
of or like a slave; servile
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obsequy
funeral ceremony
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obstreperous
boisterous; noisy annd uncontrollable
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occlude
shut; close
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odious
arousing strong dislike
110
odium
detestation
111
officious
meddlesome
112
onerous
burdensome
113
onus
burden
114
ordain
decree or commandoustrip
115
outstrip
surpass
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overweening
arrogant; presumptuous
