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1000 most important words M-P
vocabulary from the book "1000 most important words"
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Undergraduate 1
08/05/2010

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macrocosm
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the entire universe, great world around us
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microcosm
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a miniture world, anything seen in maiature
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maladroit
Definition
person or act is awkward bungling
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malaise
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the feeling of unease, either mental or physical
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malapropism
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a riduculous missue of words: Kill two stones with one bird
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malfeaseance
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wrongdoing, misbehavior in public office
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malign
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the slander, defmae
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malign
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the slander, defmae
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malleable
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impressionable, easily molded
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manque
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unfulfilled, fallen short
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martinet
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a strict disciplinarian
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mastcate
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to chew, reduce to a pulp
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matriculate
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to enter/enroll in university
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maw
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the name of a jaw mouth throat area
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mawkish
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anything cloying, insipidly sentimental
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megolomania
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delusions of grandeur, exaggerated ideas of ones self importance
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melange
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a mixture or medley
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mellifluous
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sweet, smooth sounds
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mendacious
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someone false, lying, untruthfull
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mendicant
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beggar
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mercurial
Definition
lively and sprightly
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meretricious
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anything tawdy or insincere, though showily attractive
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messianic
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a leader claiming to be a liberator
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metamorphosis
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a transformation
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metaphor
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a figure of speech where a word is not used literally but figurativly "she ran like the wind"
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metaphysics
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philosophy
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mete
Definition
to distribute or allot somthing
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miasma
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a noxious air or unwholesome exhalations
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mien
Definition
character, and indication of mood
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milieu
Definition
enviorment, surroundins
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militate
Definition
to operate, or serve as an important influence for or against something
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minutie
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the smallest details
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misanthrope
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a people hater, dislikes everybody
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misapprehension
Definition
to mistake
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miscreant
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a villian, scoundreal
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misnomer
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an incorrect name used for something "Vegetable=tomato"
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misogyny
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hatred of women
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mitigate
Definition
made less severe, lessened
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mnemonic
Definition
anything that aids memory; a mnemoic device
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