 | Term | Definition |
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Limpid |
Clear and simple |
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Liniment |
Medicinal liquid used to ease pain |
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Lionize |
To treat as a celebrity |
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Lissome |
Easily flexed |
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Macabre |
Gruesome, producing horror |
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Machination |
Plot or scheme |
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Malapropism |
Humorous misuse of a word |
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Manifold |
Diverse |
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Malevolent |
Ill-willed |
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Martinet |
Strict Disciplinarian |
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Maudlin |
Overly sentimental |
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Mawkish |
Sickeningly sentimental |
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Megalomania |
Mental state with delusions of wealth and power |
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Mendacious |
Dishonest |
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Mendicant |
Beggar |
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Mercurial |
Lively, unpredictable, quick (chess player) |
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Minatory |
Menacing, threatening |
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Mordacious |
Biting, caustic |
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Mote |
Small particle |
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Munificent |
Generous |
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Nadir |
Lowest point |
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Nascent |
Starting to develop |
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Nebulous |
Vague, cloudy |
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Necromancy |
Black magic |
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Nefarious |
EVIL |
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Neophyte |
Beginner, novice |
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Nihilism |
Belief that existence and all traditional values are meaningless |
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Noisome |
Stinking |
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Numismatics |
Coin collecting |
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Obfuscate |
To confuse |
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Obstreperous |
Troublesome, boisterous, unruly |
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Omnipotent |
Having unlimited power |
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Omniscient |
Having infinite knowledge |
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Paean |
A song of praise |
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Panacea |
Cure-all, remedy for everything |
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Panegyric |
Elaborate praise |
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Parochial |
Of limited scope or outlook, provincial |
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Parley |
Discussion esp between bad guys |
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Pastiche |
Piece of literature imitating other works |
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Peccadillo |
Minor sin or offense |
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Peculation |
Theft of money or goods |
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Penultimate |
Next to last |
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Penumbra |
Partial shadow |
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Periphrastic |
Using circumlocution |
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Pernicious |
Very harmful |
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Perspicacious |
Shrewd, keen-witted, astute |
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Pertinacious |
Persistent, stubborn |
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Phalanx |
Massed group of soldiers |
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Philistine |
Narrow-minded person, someone lacking appreciation for art/culture |
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Plait |
To braid |
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Plangent |
LOUD, resounding; plaintive, expressing sadness |
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Plaudit |
Applause |
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Polemic |
Controversy, argument; verbal attack |
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Precept |
Law, principle |
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Prescient |
Having foresight |
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Progenitor |
Originator, forefather, ancestor |
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Propinquity |
Nearness |
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Propitious |
Favorable, advantageous |
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Prostrate |
To lay face down |
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Provident |
Frugal, prudent |
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Provincial |
rustic, unsophisticated, limited in scope |
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Prurient |
Lustful, sexual desires |
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Puerile |
Childish, immature |
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Pundit |
An authority or critic |
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Pulchritude |
Beauty |
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Querulous |
Inclined to complain; irritable |
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Quotidian |
Occurring daily |
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Raillery |
Light-hearted jesting |
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Rancor |
Bitter-hatred |
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Rapacious |
Greedy, predatory |
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Rapprochement |
Reestablishing a cordial relationship |
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Raze |
To tear down, demolish |
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Recalcitrant |
Resisting authority |
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Recidivism |
Tendency to repeat previous behavior |
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Recondite |
Relating to obscure learning; known to only a few |
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Recreant |
Disloyal; cowardly |
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