List 2G Flashcards

(50 cards)

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munificence

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A giving characterized by generous motives and extraordinary liberality.

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munificent

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Extraordinarily generous.

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mutation

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The act or process of change.

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mutilate

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To disfigure.

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myriad

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A vast indefinite number.

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mystic

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One who professes direct divine illumination.

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myth

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A fictitious narrative presented as historical, but without any basis of fact.

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narrative

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An orderly continuous account of the successive particulars of an event.

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natal

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Pertaining to one’s birth.

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nauseate

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To cause to loathe.

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nauseous

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Loathsome.

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nautical

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Pertaining to ships, seamen, or navigation.

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navigable

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Capable of commercial navigation.

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necessitate

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To render indispensable.

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necessity

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That which is indispensably requisite to an end desired.

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necromancer

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One who fortells the future by means of communication with the dead.

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nectar

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Any especially sweet and delicious drink.

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nefarious

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Wicked in the extreme.

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negate

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To deny.

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neglectful

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Exhibiting or indicating omission.

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nestling

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Recently hatched.

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nettle

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To excite sensations of uneasiness or displeasure in.

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neuter

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Neither masculine nor feminine.

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neutral

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Belonging to or under control of neither of two contestants.

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niggardly
Stingy. (no longer acceptable to use)
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nihilist
An advocate of the doctrine that nothing either exists or can be known.
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precipitate
To force forward prematurely.
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preclude
To prevent.
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precocious
Having the mental faculties prematurely developed.
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precursor
A forerunner or herald.
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predatory
Prone to pillaging.
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predecessor
An incumbent of a given office previous to another.
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predicament
A difficult, trying situation or plight.
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predicate
To state as belonging to something.
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predominance
Ascendancy or preponderance.
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preeminence
Special eminence.
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preempt
To secure the right of preference in the purchase of public land.
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preferential
Possessing, giving, or constituting preference or priority.
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preferment
Preference.
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prefix
To attach at the beginning.
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prehensible
Capable of being grasped.
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prehensile
Adapted for grasping or holding.
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prelude
An introductory or opening performance.
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premise
A judgment as a conclusion.
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premonition
Foreboding.
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preoccupation
The state of having the mind, attention, or inclination preoccupied.
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preponderant
Prevalent.
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preposterous
Utterly ridiculous or absurd.
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prerogative
Having superior rank or precedence.
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presage
To foretell.