vocab 12 Flashcards by vaidehi patel

Q

an evil design/plan

A

machination

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visible to the naked eye

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macroscopic

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a whirlpool; turbulence

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maelstrom

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a word humorously misused

A

malpropism

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capable of being changed; easily shaped

A

malleable

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a strict disciplinarian; taskmaster

A

martinet

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one who enjoys his or her own pain and suffering

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masochist

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Iying; false; deceitfula

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mendacious

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attractive in a cheap, flashy way; false

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meretricious

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environment, setting

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milieu

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a vicious person

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miscreant

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hazy, vague, uncertain

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nebulous

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magic, especially that practiced by a witch

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necromancy

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the creation or use of a new word or definition

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neologism

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a total rejection of established laws

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nihilism

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