Group8 Flashcards

(42 cards)

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Obdurate

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Stubborn

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Nugatory

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Trifling; invalid

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Obsequy

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Funeral ceremony

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Multifarious

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Diverse

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Mundane

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Worldly as opposed to spiritual; concerned with the ordinary

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Necromancy

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Black magic

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Negate

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To cancel out; nullify

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Neologism

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New word or expression

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Neophyte

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Novice, beginner

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Nexus

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A means of connection; a connected group or series; a center

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Nonplussed

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Bewildered

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Nostalgia

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Sentimental longing for a past time

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Nostrum

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Medicine or remedy of doubtful remedy; supposed cure

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miscellany

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Mixture of writings on various subjects

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Miscreant

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Villain, criminal

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Mysogynist

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One who hates women

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mnemonic

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Related to memory

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Mollify

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Monolithic

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Solid ad uniform; constituting a single, unified whole

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Morose

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ill-humoured, sullen

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Motley

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Many coloured, made up of many parts

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Mettle

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Courage, endurance

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Mettlesome

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Full of courage an fortitude, spirited

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Microcosm

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A small system having analogies to a larger system

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Miltrate
To work against
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Minatory
Threatening, menacing
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Minutia
Pretty details
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Misanthrope
One who hates humanity
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Malleable
Capable of being shaped by pounding; impressionable
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Maverick
Dissenter
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Megalomania
Delusions of power or importance
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Menagerie
A variety of animals kept together
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Mendacious
Dishonest
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Mendicant
Beggar
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Meretricious
Gaudy, plausible but false, specious
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Metamorphosis
Change, transformation
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Metaphysics
A branch of philosophy that investigates the ultimate nature of reality
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Lucre
Money or profits
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Lustrous
Shining
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Machiavellian
Crafty, double-dealing
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Maeistrom
Whirlpool, turmoil
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Malign
To speak evil of