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mendacious
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adj. lying; habitually dishonest
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Distrusting Huck form the start, Mis watson assumed he was mendacious and refused to believe a word he said
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feign
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v. pretend
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Boby feigned illness, hoping that his mother would let him stay home from school
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methodical
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adj. systematic
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An accountant must be methodical and maintain order among his financial records
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Mirth
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n. merriment; laughter
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Sober Malvolio found Sir Toby's mirth improper
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Misanthrope
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n. one who hates mankind
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In Gulliver's Travels, Swift portrays an mage of humanity as vile, degraded beasts; for this reason, various critics consider him a misanthrope
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mitigate
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v. appease; moderate
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Nothing Jason did could mitigate Medea's anger; seh refused to forgive him for betraying her
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miserly
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adj. stingy; mean
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Transformed by his vision on Christmas Eve, mean old scrooge ceased being miserly and became a genrous, kind old man
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misnomer
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n. wrong name; incorrect designation
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His tyrannical conduct proved to all that his nickname, King Eric the Just, was a misnomer
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mosaic
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n. picture made of colorful small inlaid tiles
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The mayor compared the city to a beautiful mosaic made up of people of every race and religion on earth
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mundane
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adj. worldy as opposed to spiritual; everyday
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Uninterested in philosophical or spiritual discussions, Tom talked only of mundane matters such as the daily weather forecast or the latest basketball results
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munificent
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adj. very generous
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Shamelessly fawing over a particularly generous donor, the dean kept on referring to her as "our munificient benefactor"
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nefarious
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adj. very wicked
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The villain's crimes, though various, were one and all nefarious
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negate
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v. cancel out; nulify; deny
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A sudden surge of adrenalin can negate the effects of fatigue; there's nothing like a good shock to wake you up
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nonchalance
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indifference; lack of concern; composure
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Cool, calm, and collected under fire, James bond shows remarkable nonchalance in the face of danger
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obdurate
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adj. stubborn
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he was obdurate in his refusal to listen to our complaints
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oblivion
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n. obscurity; forgetfulness
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After a decade of popularity, Hurston's works had fallen into oblivion; no one bothered to read them anymore
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obstinate
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adj. stubborn; hard to control or treat
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We tried to persuade him to give up smoking, but he was obstinate and refused to change. Blackberry stickers are the most obstinate weedds I know.
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odious
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adj. hateful; vile
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Cinderella's ugly stepstisters had the odious hapbit of popping their zits in public
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opaque
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adj. dark; not transparent
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The opaque window shade kept the sunlight out of the room
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orator
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n. public speaker
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pariah
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n. social outcast
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If everyone ostracized singer Mariah Carey, would she then be Mariah the pariah?
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