4th Flashcards

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Labyrinth

A

maze

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Lampoon

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to ridicule

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3
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Levity

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humor; light heartedness

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4
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Lilting

A

pleasantly rising and falling (as in voices or songs)

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5
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Loquacious

A

talkative

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Maelstrom

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  1. giant

2. violent storm

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Malediction

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a curse

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Manifest

A
  1. (adj) obvious

2. (V.) to demonstrate

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Martyr

A

one who dies or suffers for a cause or a person

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Meander

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to wander about without direction or purpose

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11
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Mirth

A

happiness

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12
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Momentous

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very important

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13
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Morbidity

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unhealthiness; gloomy

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Mundane

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common; ordinary; of this world; boring

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15
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Musty

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stale-smelling

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Nebulous

A

vague; unclear; cloudy

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17
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Nettle

A

to annoy

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18
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Nocturnal

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relating to the night; active at night

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Oaf

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a big, clumsy, stupid person

20
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Obsequious

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overly submissive; ass kissing

21
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Ordination

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a ceremony for initiation of a priest

22
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Outlandishness

A

unconventional; absurd

23
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Pacifist

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a person strongly opposed to war

24
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Paltry

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unimportant; insignificant; trivial

25
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Papyrus

A

Paper made from the papyrus plant

26
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Parochial

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  1. narrow-minded

2. relating to a church parish

27
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Pathogenic

A

capable of causing disease

28
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Peccadillo

A

small crime

29
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Penitent

A

sorry

30
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Perdition

A

hell; damnation

31
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Perjure

A

to lie under oath

32
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Peruse

A

to read carefully

33
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Phoenix

A

bird that symbolizes immortality

34
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Pithy

A

short and to the point; full of meaning

35
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Platitude

A

cliché; trite or hackneyed remark

36
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Plight

A

bad situation

37
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Polemical

A

deliberately controversial

38
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Posterity

A

future generations

39
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Prattle

A

foolish or meaningless talk; babble

40
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Précis

A

summary

41
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Prestidigitation

A

magic tricks

42
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Prodigious

A

very big; extraordinary in degree

43
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Proliferation

A

rapid growth in numbers

44
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Propriety

A

proper behavior

45
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Protocol

A

rules for proper behavior

46
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Provisional

A

temporary