chapter 59-65 Flashcards
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nebulous
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vague
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nefarious
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evil
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neologism
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new word or phrase
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nihilism
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believe there is no value in the universe
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nominal
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insignificant
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noxious
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harmful
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obfuscate
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to darken, to confuse, to make muddy
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oblique
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indirect
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obsequious
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subservient, sucking up to
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officious
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annoyingly assertive; annoyingly eager to help
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onerous
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burdensome, oppressive
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opaque
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impossible to see through
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ostensible
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apparent on the surface
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palliate
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to alleviate
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paltry
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insignificant
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panacea
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something that cures everything
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paradigm
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a model or example
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parochial
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narrow and confined in point of view
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patent
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obvious
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pathology
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the science of disease
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patrician
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aristocrat
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patronize
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to treat as inferior gently
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paucity
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scarcity
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peccadillo
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minor offense
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pedantic
boringly scholarly
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pedestrian
boring, (lives)
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pejorative
negative
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penchant
a strong liking for something
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penitent
sorry; contrite
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pensive
thoughtful and sad
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peremptory
dictatorial
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perennial
continual
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perfidy
untrustworthiness
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perfunctory
careless, unenthusiastic
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peripatetic
traveling continually
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perjury
lying under oath
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pernicious
deadly
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perquisite
perk
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pertinent
relevant
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perturb
to disturb
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peruse
to read carefully
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pervade
to spread throughout
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petulant
cranky, ill-tempered
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philanthropy
love of mankind
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philistine
hostile and ignorant to culture and art
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pious
devout; hypocritical
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placate
to pacify
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plaintive
expressing sadness or sorrow
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platitude
cliche
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plebeian
low-class
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plethora
an excess
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poignant
strong and sharp emotionally or intellectually
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polemic
strong written attack
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ponderous
massive, large
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portent
an omen
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postulate
accepted truth
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pragmatic
practical
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precept
a rule to live by
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precipitate
to cause to happen abruptly
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precipitous
steep
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preclude
to prevent something from happening
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precursor
forerunner
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predilection
natural preference
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preeminent
better than anyone else
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preempt
to seize something by prior right, to prevent something from happening
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remise
an assumption
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prepossess
to preoccupy
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prerogative
a right or privilege
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prodigal
wastefully extravagant
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prodigious
extraordinarily enormous
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prodigy
talented child
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profess
false declared
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proficient
thoroughly competent
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profligate
extravagantly wasteful
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profuse
flowing, a lot
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proliferate
to spread or grow rapidly
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prolific
productive
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ramification
consequence branching out
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rancor
bitter resentment
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rapacious
greedy, avaricious
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rebuke
to criticize sharply
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rebut
to counter
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recalcitrant
defiant, disobedient
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recant
to take something back, especially heretical views
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reciprocal
mutual
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reclusive
withdrawn from society
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recondite
hard to understand
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recrimination
a bitter counteraccusation
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redolent
smell, reminiscent
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redundant
unnecessarily repetitive
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relegate
to send away, to demote
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remonstrate
to object
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renounce
to resign
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repercussion
consequence
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replete
completely filled
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reprehensible
worthy of severe blame or censure
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reprisal
a military action taken in revenge
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reproach
to scold
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reprove
to criticize mildly
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repudiate
to reject
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requisite
necessary
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resolute
determined
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respite
rest
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reticent
untalkative
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rhetoric
formal speaking
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rogue
a playfully mischievous person
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rudimentary
basic
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ruminate
to ponder
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rustic
rural
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saccharine
sweet
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sacrilege
not sacred
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scintillate
to sparkle
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scrupulous
careful
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sedition
treason
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sequester
to isolate; to isolate oneself
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serendipity
happy accident
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servile
submissive
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sinister
ominously evil
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slander
to falsely defame
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sloth
laziness
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sobriety
sober, seriousness
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solicitous
concerned; eager and anxious to do something
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solvent
not broke
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soporific
sleep inducing
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sordid
vile, filthy
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spawn
to produce a large number
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specious
deceptively attractive but wrong
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spurious
false
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squalor
filth
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stagnation
motionlessness
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staunch
steadfastly committed (staunch supporter)
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stigmatize
to brand with disgrace
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stipulate
to demand and specify a requirement(stipulate certain conditions in their marriage)
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stoic
enduring pain without showing, tough
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stratum
a level
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stricture
restriction
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stringent
strict
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stymie
to get in the way of
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subjugate
to dominate
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strife
conflict
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substantive
firm reality so having important (substantive evidence)
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subversive
insurgent
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succinct
brief and to the point
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supercilious
haughty; patronizing
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superficial
on te surface
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superfluous
extra, unnecessary
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surfeit
excess
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surreptitious
sneaky
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surrogate
substitute
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sycophant
one who sucks up to others
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tacit
implied
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taciturn
untalkative
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tangential
not very related or relevant
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tangible
palpable
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tantamount
equivalent to
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tautological
redundant; circular
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temerity
excessive boldness, audacity
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temperate
moderate, self restraint
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tenable
defensible
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tenacious
persistent
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tenet
a shared belief
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tentative
uncertain; hesitant
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tenuous
films; extremely thin
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terse
succinct
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theology
the study of God
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tirade
a prolonged, bitter speech
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torpor
sluggishness
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touchstone
a test of quality
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tout
to praise highly
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transcend
to go beyond or above
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transgress
to violate or to go across the boundary, to break a law
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transient
not staying for a long time
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trepidation
fear, apprehension
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turpitude
wickedness
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ubiquitous
being everywhere at the same time
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unconscionable
unscrupulous, not right or reasonable
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unctuous
oily
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unremitting
relentless
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unwitting
unintentional
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urbane
refined
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usurp
to seize wrongfully
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utilitarian
stressing utility
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utopia
perfect society
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machination
evil activity
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magnanimous
forgiving, unresenful, generous
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magnate
businessman
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malaise
a feeling of depression
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malfeasance
an illegal act
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malignant
causing harm
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malinger
to pretend to be sick to avoid to do work
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malleable
easily shaped
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mandate
a command
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manifest
evident
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manifesto
a public declaration
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marshal
to arrange in order
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martial
warlike
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maudlin
tearfully sentimental
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maverick
a rebel
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maxim
a fundamental principle
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mediate
to help settle differences
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mellifluous
sweetly flowing
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mendacious
lying
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mendicant
beggar
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mercenary
hired soldier
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mercurial
emotionally and mental unpredictable
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metamorphosis
a magical change in form
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microcosm
the world in miniature
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milieu
surrounding
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minuscule
very tiny
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mitigate
to moderate the effect of something
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mollify
to soften; to sooth
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monolithic
massive, solid, uniform
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moribund
dying
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morose
gloomy
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mortify
humiliate
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mundane
ordinary
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munificent
generous
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myopia
lack of foresight
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myriad
a huge number
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obdurate
stubborn
