Barron's Word List 31

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misogamy

Back 1

hatred of marriage

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missile

Back 2

object to be thrown or projected

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missive

Back 3

letter

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mite (3)

Back 4

very small object or creature; small coin; a small amt.

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mode (n)

Back 5

prevailing style, manner, way of doing something

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modish (adj)

Back 6

fashionable

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modulate

Back 7

exert a modifying or controlling influence on:

-vary tone/pitch of voice
-change from one key to another
-tone down in intensity
-regulate

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mogul

Back 8

powerful person

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mollycoddle

Back 9

pamper, indulge excessively

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molt (v)

Back 10

shed or cast off hair or feathers

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molten (adj)

Back 11

melted

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momentum

Back 12

the force or energy with which a body moves (impetus)

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monastic

Back 13

related to monks or monasteries; removed from worldly concerns (resembling monks' way of life: austere, celibate, etc)

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monumental

Back 14

massive

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Lymph

Back 15

a colorless fluid containing white blood cells; bathes the tissues and drains into the bloodstream

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morbid (adj)

Back 16

given to unwholesome thought; moody; characteristic of disease

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mordant

Back 17

biting, sarcastic, stinging

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mores

Back 18

conventions; moral standards, customs

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moribund

Back 19

dying

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mortician

Back 20

undertaker

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mosaic

Back 21

picture made of small, colorful inlaid tiles

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mote (n)

Back 22

small speck

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motif

Back 23

theme

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motility

Back 24

ability to move spontaneously

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motley

Back 25

multicolored, mixed

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mottled

Back 26

spotted, blotched in coloring

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mountebank

Back 27

charlatan, boastful pretender

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muddle

Back 28

confuse, mix up

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muggy

Back 29

warm and damp

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mulct (v)

Back 30

extract money from someone by fines or taxation

or get $ from someone by fraudulent means

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multifarious

Back 31

varied, greatly diversified

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multiform

Back 32

having many forms

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multiplicity

Back 33

state of being numerous

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murky (adj)

Back 34

dark and gloomy; thick with fog, vague

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muse (v)

Back 35

ponder

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musky (adj)

Back 36

having the odor of musk

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muster (v)

Back 37

gather, assemble

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musty (adj)

Back 38

having a stale, moldy, or damp smell

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mutability (n)

Back 39

ability to change in form; fickleness

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mutinous (adj)

Back 40

unruly, rebellious

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myriad

Back 41

very large number

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nadir

Back 42

lowest point

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nascent

Back 43

incipient, coming into being