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25 Cards in this Set
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Legacy
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n.
something handed down form the past; a bequest |
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Lethargy
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n.
slugginess; laziness; drowsiness; indifference |
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Levity
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n.
lightness; frivolity; unseriousness |
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Libel
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n.
written or published falsehood that injures the reputation of someone or defames |
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Litigate
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v.
to try in court; to engage in legal proceedings |
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Loquacious
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adj.
talking a lot or too much |
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Lucid
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adj.
clear; easy to understand |
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Lugubrious
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adj.
exaggeratedly mourful |
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Luminous
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adj.
giving off light; glowing; bright |
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Machination
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n.
scheeming activity for an evil purpose |
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Magnanimous
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adj.
forgiving; unresentful; noble in spirit; generous |
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Magnate
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n.
a rich, powerful, or very successful business person |
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Malaise
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n.
a feeling of depression, uneasiness, or quasiness |
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Malfeasance
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n.
an illegal act, especially by a public official |
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Malinger
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v.
to pretend to be sick to avoid doing work |
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Malleable
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adj.
easy to shape or bend |
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Mandate
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n.
a command or authorization to do something;' the will of the voters as expresed by the results of an election |
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Manifest
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adj.
visible; evident |
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Manifesto
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n.
a public declaration of beliefs or principles, usually political ones |
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Marshal
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v.
to arrange in order; to gather together for the purpose of doing something |
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Martial
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adj.
warlike; having to do with combat |
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Martyr
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n.
someone who gives up his or her life in pursuit of a cause, especially a religious one; one who suffers for a casue; one who makes a show of suffering in order to arouse sympathy |
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Matriculate
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v.
to enroll, especially at a college |
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Maudlin
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adj.
silly and overly sentimental |
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Maverick
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n.
a noncomformist; a rebel |
