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51 Cards in this Set
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Libertarian |
Advocate of free will and individual rights |
Libert-liberty, arian-person |
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Libertine |
Someone without moral restraint |
Liber - free (from) E- ethics |
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Licentious |
Immoral, unrestrained by society |
Cen- sin |
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Lilliputian |
Very small |
The Lilliput in Gulliver's Travels |
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Limber |
Flexible, graceful, nimble |
Nimble+limbs |
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Lithe |
Moving and bending with speed and grace |
Lithe-lethal-snakes-fast and graceful |
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Loquacious |
Talkative |
Lots of quacking |
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Macabre |
Having to do with death, gruesomeness |
Sounds like massacre |
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Macrocosm |
The whole universe |
Macro cosm-cosmos |
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Malaise |
Uneasiness and depression |
Mala - bad feeling, malady of heart |
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Malapropism |
Misuse of similar word causing humor. |
Mala - wrong, prop |
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Malediction |
A curse, wish of evil on another |
Male-evil. Diction-words |
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Malevolent |
With ill, harmful intentions |
Malice + (ben)evolent |
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Malfeasance |
Act of wrongdoing usually by public official |
Mal - wrong , fea-feat |
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Malleable |
Easily Shapeable |
Metal is malleable. |
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Mannered |
Artifical in character |
False manners |
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Masochist |
One who enjoys pain |
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Maverick |
A person who is an outlier |
Os Maverick |
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Mawkish |
Sickeningly sentimental |
M-mocking , awk-gawk |
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Megalomania |
Obsession With Grand displays |
Mega mania |
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Mellifluous |
Smooth flowing |
Fluous-flowing |
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Microcosm |
Small representation of larger system |
Micro - small , cosm-cosmos |
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Milieu |
Environment |
Mil-mil-type of environment |
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Misanthrope |
A person who is distrusts in human |
Ant-antagonists |
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Misnomer |
Error in name of place or person |
M is - wrong nome-name |
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Missive |
A written letter or note |
Sent a missive |
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Mitigate |
To make milder |
Into gates=weaker |
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Modicum |
Small amount |
Mod-modest |
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Mollify |
To comfort, soothe |
Mull |
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Mordant |
Biting, caustic in style or manner |
M-mocking, dant-strident |
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Mores |
Moral principles |
Mor-morale |
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Morose |
Gloomy, sullen |
Maroo +rose |
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Mote |
Small particle |
Mite |
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Mutability |
Capable of change |
Ability to mutate |
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Myopic |
Lacking foresight |
My - my ,opic-optic |
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Nebulous |
Vague, undefined |
Nubilas=gaseous=not solid |
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Necromancy |
Talking to dead to predict future |
Necromancers |
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Nefarious |
Intensely wicked |
Ious- infamous |
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Neonate |
A newborn child |
Neo-new, ate-person |
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Nihilism |
Belief that traditional values are unfounded, existence is useless, destruction is better than social organization |
No hill |
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Nomenclature |
System of scientific names |
Nome-name clature-culture |
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Non sequitar |
A statement with No logical sequence |
No-no , seq- sequence |
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Novel |
New |
Novel idea |
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Obdurate |
Stubbornly persistent |
Ob- overbearingly du - durable |
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Obfuscate |
To confuse |
Obscure+confuse |
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Obstinate |
Stubbornly persistent |
Like obdurate, obstinate= stay in it |
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Olfactory |
Having to do with sense of smell |
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Oligarchy |
Rule by a small group |
O (circle of/council) L (little) peopel I (individuals) |
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Onus |
Burden, obligation |
O (owe) us |
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Opine |
To express opinion |
Opinion |
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Opportunist |
Person who uses any o port unity for the end |
Opportinity |
