Word List 7 J-R Flashcards by Madeline Fagen

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Languid

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Lacking energy, sluggish

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lachrymose

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Tending to cry often, teary-eyed

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Lexicon

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Dictionary

2. Special vocabulary of a group or field

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Liniment

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A soothing lotion

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Lugubrious

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Gloomy, depressed

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Magnanimous

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Noble, generous

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Marauder

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One who steals by force

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Mason

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Person who builds with stones or bricks

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Menagerie

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Zoo

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Monastic

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Without luxuries

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Morose

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Gloomy, depressed

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Mutinous

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Disobedient

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Necromancy

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Sorcery, evil magic

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Newfangled

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New, trendy

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Noisome

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Offensive, disgusting

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Obdurate

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Stubborn

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Oracular

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Making wise or authoritative statements

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Outpost

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Station at the edge of a territory

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Panacea

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Cure-all

2. Complete perfection

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Paragon

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Symbol of excellence

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Pedant

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One who shows off his learning

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Pernicious

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Dangerous

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Platoon

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Group of soldiers

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Plumage

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Bird feathers

Ponderous

Heavy, dull, lifeless

Preclude

Prevent

Prosaic

Dull, banal, unimaginative

Protract

To delay, prolong

Prudish

Overly concerned with proper behavior, very conservative

Punctilious

Proper, careful

Purveyer

Supplier

Quaff

To drink deeply,to gulp

Quarry

1. Something hunted | 2. Place where stone is mined

Quietude

Calmness

Racketeering

Illegal activity

Rancid

Rotten, not fresh

Ravenous

Very hungry

Regimen

Strict routine, program

Relish

To enjoy

Reprobate

Immoral person

Rife

Widespread, frequent

Rostrum

Platform for public speaking

Ruddy

Healthy, reddish

Ruse

A trick, an action meant to mislead