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Word List 36 Flashcards

1
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mandate

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n. order; charge

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manifold

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ajd. numerous; varied

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manumit

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v.emancipate; free from bondage

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marsupial

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n. one of a family of mammals that nurse their offspring in a pouch

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5
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maunder

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v. talk incoherently; utter drivel

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mawkish

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adj. sickening; insipid

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melange

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n. medley; miscellany

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miasma

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n. swamp gas; odor of decaying matter

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microcosm

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n. small world

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milieu

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n. environment; means of expression

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militant

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adj. combative; bellicose

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minaret

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n. slender tower attached to a mosque

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minatory

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adj. threatening

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moratorium

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n. legal delay of payment

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morganatic

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adj. describing a marriage between a member of a royal family and a commoner in which it is agreed that any children will not inherit title, etc.

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mugwump

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n. defector from a party

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multifarious

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adj. varied; greatly diversified

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murrain

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n. plague; cattle disease

19
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myopic

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adj. nearsighted

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nascent

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adj. incipient; coming to being

21
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nautical

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adj. pertaining to ships or nagivation

22
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neap

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adj. lowest

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neologism

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n. new or newly coined word or phrase

24
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nonplus

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v. bring to a halt by confusion

25
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nubile

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adj. marriageable

26
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abjurgatino

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n. severe rebuke; scolding

27
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oblation

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n. the Eucharist; pious donation

28
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obstetrician

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n. physician specializing in delivery of babies

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obstreperous

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adj. boisterous; noisy

30
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Occident

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n. the Wet

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odium

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n. repugnance; dislike

32
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offal

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n. waste; garbage

33
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onus

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n. burden; responsibility

34
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omnipresent

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adj. universally present; ubiquitous

35
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opportunist

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n. individual who sacrifices principles for expediency by taking advantage of circumstances

36
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opprobrium

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n. infamy; vilification

37
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opus

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n. work

38
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orientation

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n. act of finding oneself in society

39
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orison

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n. prayer

40
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ornithology

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n. study of birds

41
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orotund

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adj. having a round, resonant quality; inflated speech

42
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orthography

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n. correct spelling

43
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overweening

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adj. presumptuous; arrogant

44
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pachyderm

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n. thick-skinned animal

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