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lout
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n. clumsy person
The delivery boy is an awkard lout. |
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low
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v. moo
hear the cattle low |
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lucrative
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adj. profitable
He turned his hobby into a lucrative profession |
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lucre
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n. money
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ludicrous
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adj. laughable; trifling
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lugubrious
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adj. mournful
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lull
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n. moment of calm
we waited under the shelter for a lull in the rain |
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lumber
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v. moving heavily or clumsily
the bear lumbered through the woods |
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lumen
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n. unit of light energy ( one candle's worth)
brightness measured in lumens |
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luminary
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n. celebrity; dignitary (person who holds high rank or office)
--> think luminous |
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lurid
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adj. wild; sensational; graphic; gruesome
lurid cover stories in OK! |
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lurk
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v. stealthily lie in waiting; slink; exist unperceived
what evil lurks around in the hearts of men |
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luscious
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adj. pleasing to taste or smell
the ripe peach was luscious |
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luster
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n. shine; gloss
the soft luster of the silk |
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lustrous
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adj. shining
luster --> shine lustrous eyes |
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luxuriant
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adj. abundant; rich and splendid; fertile
luxuriant hair |
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macabre
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adj. gruesome; grisly
the morgue is a macabre spot |
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mace
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n. ceremonial staff; clublike medieval weapon
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macerate
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v. soften by soaking in liquid; waste away
the strawberries had been soaking in champagne for so long that they began to macerate |
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Machiavellian
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adj. crafty; double-dealing
He resorted to Machiavellian tactics in order to get ahead. |
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machinations
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n. evil schemes or plots
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maculated
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adj. spotted; stained
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madrigal
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n. pastoral song
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maelstrom
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n. whirlpool
the canoe was tossed about in the maelstrom |
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magisterial
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adj. authoritative; imperious (domineering; haughty)
the doctor laid down th elaw to his patient in a magisterial tone of voice |
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magnanimity
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n. generosity
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magnate
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n. person of prominence or influence
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magniloquent
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adj. boastful, pompous
magniloquent speech |
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maim
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v. mutilate; injure
the hospital could not take care of all that was maimed in the railroad accident |
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maladroit
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adj. clumsy; bungling
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malady
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n. illness
a mysterious malady swept the country |
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malaproprism
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n. comic misuse of a word
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malcontent
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n. person dissatisfied w/ existing state of affairs
a few malcontents in Congress |
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malediction
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n. curse
the witch uttered dreadful maledictions |
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malefactor
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n. evildoer; criminal
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malevolent
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adj. wishing evil
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malfeasance
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n. wrongdoing
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malicious
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adj. hiteful; spiteful
Cinderella's malicious stepsisters |
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malign
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v. speak evil of; bad-mouth; defame
She refused to listen to Susan malign her friend Linda |
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malignant
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adj. injurious; tending to cause death; aggresively malevolent
malignant tumor |
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malingerer
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n. one who feigns illness to escape duty
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malleable
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adj. capable of being shaped by pounding; impressionable
gold is malleable |
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mammoth
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adj. gigantic; enormous
memorizing this list is a mammoth undertaking |
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manacle
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v. restrain; handcuff
the police manacled the prisoner |
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mandate
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n. order; charge
the pres had a mandate from the people to end poverty |
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mangy
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adj. shabby; wretched
the mangy rug that the dog destroyed |
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manifest
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adj. evidlent; visible; obvious
His embarrassment when he met Madonna was manifest |
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manifestation
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n. outward demonstration; indication
Mozart's early attraction to the harpsichord was the first manifestation of his pronounced musical bent |
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manifesto
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n. declaration; statement of policy
the Communist manifesto |
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manifold
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adj. numerous; varied
I really appreciate your manifold kindness |
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mannered
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adj. affected; not natural
Gatsby adopted a mannered, artificial way of speech |
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manumit
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v. emancipate (free fm restraint/bondage) ; free from bondage
The owners were willing to manumit their slaves. |
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maritime
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adj. bordering on the sea; nautical
The maritime Provinces depend on the sea for their wealth |
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marked
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adj. nonticeable; targeted for vengeance
he walked w/ a marked limp As British Ambassador, he knew he was a marked man |
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marred
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adj. damaged; disfigured
She had to refinish the marred surface of the table |
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marshal
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v. put in order
you have a minute to marshal your thoughts before presenting |
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martinet
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n. strict disciplinarian.
one who strictly follows the rules/methods |
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masochist
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n. person who enjoys his own pain
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matrix
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n. point of origin; array of numbers or algebraic symbols; mold or die
Some claim the Nile Valley was the matrix of Western Civilization |
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maudlin
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adj. effusively sentimental
Whenever a particularly maudlin tearjerker was playing at the movies, Marvin would embarrass himself by weeping copiously |
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maul
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v. handle roughly
The rockstar was mauled by his overexcited fans. |
