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militate

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to work against, to have weight or effect

“his boyish appearancemilitatedagainst his getting an early promotion”

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minutia

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trivial details,

the President should focus on broader policies and leave the minutia to the state ministers

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meticulous

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showing great attention to details, very careful.

syn : Fastidious.

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mettle

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a person’s ability to cope well with difficulties; spirit and resilience.
syn: Fortitude
“the team showed their true mettle in the second half”

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mettlesome

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(of a person or animal) full of spirit and courage; lively.

“their horses were beasts of burden, not mettlesome chargers”

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minuscule

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very small

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minatory

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threatening, menacing

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misanthrope

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someone who hates humanity

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microcosm

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small world having analogies with the larger world / a community, place, or situation regarded as encapsulating in miniature the characteristics of something much larger.
“atoms and electrons being a representation of the universe.”
Sent : “The village is a microcosm of the whole country. The game was a microcosm of the entire season.”

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meteorological

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concern with the weather

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melliable

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bendable, easy to shape, impressionable

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maverick

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an unorthodox or independent-minded person.

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megalomania

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obsession with the exercise of power.
“egomaniac might be self-centered and overconfident but he’s a little softy compared with the megalomaniac who wants to control the world.”

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mendacious

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not telling the truth; lying.

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mendicant

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begger, a person who begs for everything, a monk is mendicant. monk type of begger.

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meretricious

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specious, plausible but false.

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mesmerize

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to hypnotize

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metamorphosis

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change, transformation. a change of physical form.

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metaphysics

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branch of philosophy that studies the ultimate nature of reality

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menagerie

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a collection of wild animals kept in captivity for exhibition.

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malinger

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to feign illness to escape duty

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malign

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speak about (someone) in a spitefully critical manner.

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magnanimity

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generosity, nobility

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maelstrom

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turmoil, whirlpool,: a powerful often violent whirlpool sucking in objects within a given radius

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machination
a plot or scheme
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lusturous
shiny
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lucid
clearly, transparent, bright, expressed clearly, and easy to understand. lucid dreaming
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luminous
bright, glowing
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lucre
money, especially when regarded as sordid or gained in a dishonorable way. sordid -> dishonest actions
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machiavellian
cunning, scheming, and unscrupulous, especially in politics. | unscrupulous(un-screw-piu-lous) -> having no moral principles
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libido
sexual desire
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limn
1: to draw or paint on a surface The artist limned a portrait. 2: to outline in clear sharp detail : DELINEATE he was limned by a streetlight — Stephen Coonts 3: DESCRIBE the novel limns the frontier life of the settlers
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limpid
clear, transparent. | "The Limid waters of the ocean"
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liliputian
very small
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linguistic
pertaining to language
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litany
a tedious recital or repetitive series., a repetitive chant
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literati
scholarly, well-educated people who are interested in literature. syn : highbrows. intellectuals. academics. scholars.
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litigation
legar processings
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log
record
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loquatious
talkitive
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levity
1. light attitude. 1. the treatment of a serious matter with humour or lack of due respect. sen -> "as an attempt to introduce a note of levity, the words were a disastrous flop" connotation -> levity has a mildly positive connotation. However, it is also frequently used in sentences that have a negative connotation, like, "Now is not the time for levity." The word itself is positive, though. "He brought a little levity to the situation", implies that the humor was welcome.
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levee
an embarkment to prevent river water from overflowing
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luad
to praise
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lastitude
lethargic
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lethargic
inactive
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lambaste
verbal attack, reprimand, rebuke, reprove
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libertine
playboy, a person, especially a man, who freely indulges in sensual pleasures without regard to moral principles.
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liberal
generous, tolerant
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latent
: dormant, (of a quality or state) existing but not yet developed or manifest; hidden or concealed. : present and capable of emerging or developing but not now visible, obvious, active, or symptomatic. " A latent infection"
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lascivious
lustful
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kudos
glory, honor, fame
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juxtapose
place side by side
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laconic
using few words
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liable
likely to change
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junta
group of people united in politics
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juggernaut
huge force destroying everything in its path
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jocose
joking, jocular, playful
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jibe
to be in agreement
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jaundiced
yellow coloration of skin and eyes
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itineary
route of a travellers journey
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inundate
overwhelm
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inured
accustomed to a situation specially a bad one
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invective
virtipurate, fulminate, harague, trite, diatribe VITUPERATION implies fluent and sustained abuse INVECTIVE implies a comparable vehemence but suggests greater verbal and rhetorical skill and may apply to a public denunciation. OBLOQUY suggests defamation and consequent shame and disgrace FULMINATE : to send forth censures or invectives
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inviegh
verbal attacl
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inveigle
to disapprove
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irascrible
easily angerable
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itinerant
wandering from place to place, unsettled
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irresolute
unsure of how to act, weak
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invidious
offensive
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inveterate
confirmed, long standing, deeply rooted
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introspective
contemplating one's own thoughts and feelings
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intransigence
stubbornness , refuse to compromise
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intractable
not easily managed
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intimate
close acquaintance
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interpolate
to insert
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intangible
not material
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insuperable
(of a difficulty or obstacle) impossible to overcome. "insuperable financial problems" syn : insurmountable , unconquerable
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interdict
an authoritative prohibition. | prohibit or forbid (something).
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internecine
destructive to both sides in a conflict. | "the region's history of savage internecine warfare"
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interregnum
a period when normal government is suspended, especially between successive reigns or regimes. an interval or pause between two periods of office or other things. "the interregnum between the discovery of radioactivity and its detailed understanding"
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insipid
dull, lacking favour
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insouciant
indiffernt
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insularity
ignorance of or lack of interest in cultures, ideas, or peoples outside one's own experience / narrow mindedness.
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insinuate
to suggest
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insensible
unresponsive
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innocuous
harmless
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inherent
existing in something as a permanent, essential, or characteristic attribute. , syn : intrinsic , innate,ingrain
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ingenuous
naive , trusting
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inert
sluggish
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ineluctable
inevitable
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indolent
habitually lazy
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indigence
poverty , a state of extreme poverty; destitution.
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indeterminate
uncertain
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incursion
sudden invasion
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incorporate
combine, introduce one thing into another thing that is already in existence
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inconsequential
insignificant, unimportant
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inchoate
just begun and so not fully formed or developed; rudimentary. "inchoate thoughts"
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incarnate
having bodily form
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incongruity
state of no fitting
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inadvertently
carelessly , unintentionally

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