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Barron's Master Word List
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Undergraduate 4
07/11/2009
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Macerate
 Definition
Soften by soaking in liquid
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Machinations
 Definition
Evil schemes or plots
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Maculated
 Definition
Spotted; stained
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Madrigal
 Definition
Pastoral song
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Malapropism
 Definition
Comic misuse of a word
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Manacle
 Definition
Restrain; handcuff
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Marshal
 Definition
Put in order
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Mayhem
 Definition
Injury to body
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Mealymouthed
 Definition
Indirect in speech; hypocitical; evasive
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Megalomania
 Definition
Mania for doing grandiose things
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Menagerie
 Definition
Collection of wild animals
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Mercenary
 Definition
Motivated solely by money or gain
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Meretricious
 Definition
Flashy; tawdry
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Mete
 Definition
Measure; distribute
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Mettle
 Definition
Courage; spirit
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Miasma
 Definition
Swamp gas; heavy, vaporous atmosphere often emanating from decaying matter
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Militate
 Definition
Work against
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Minatory
 Definition
Menacing; threatening
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Miscreant
 Definition
Wretch; villain
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Missive
 Definition
Letter
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Mollycoddle
 Definition
Pamper; indulge excessively
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Monolithic
 Definition
Solidly uniform; unyielding
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Mores
 Definition
Conventions; moral standards; customs
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Moribund
 Definition
Dying
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Mote
 Definition
Small speck
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Mottled
 Definition
Blotched in coloring; spotted
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Mountebank
 Definition
Charlatan; boastful pretender
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Mulct
 Definition
Defraud a person of something
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Multifarious
 Definition
Varied; greatly diversified
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Munificent
 Definition
Very generous
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Nadir
 Definition
Lowest point
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Natty
 Definition
Neatly or smartly dressed
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Nebulous
 Definition
Vague; hazy; cloudy
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Necromancy
 Definition
Black magic; dealings with the dead
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Nexus
 Definition
Connection
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Noisome
 Definition
Foul-smelling; unwholesome
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Niggardly
 Definition
Meanly stingy; parsimonious
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Nonplus
 Definition
Being to a halt by confusion; perplex
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Nostrum
 Definition
Questionable medicine
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Nugatory
 Definition
Futile; worthless
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Numismatist
 Definition
Person who collects coins
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Oaf
 Definition
Stupid, awkward person
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Obloquy
 Definition
Slander; disgrace; infamy
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Obsequious
 Definition
Slavishly attentive; servile; sycophantic
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Obsequy
 Definition
Funeral ceremony
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Obstreperous
 Definition
Boisterous; noisy
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Obtrude
 Definition
Push(oneself or one's ideas)forward; butt in
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Odium
 Definition
Detestation; hatefulness; disrepute
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Officious
 Definition
Meddlesome; excessively pushy in offering one's services
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Onerous
 Definition
Burdensome
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Onus
 Definition
Burden; responsibility
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Opprobrium
 Definition
Infamy; vilification
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Oracular
 Definition
Prophetic; uttered as if with divine authority; mysterious or ambiguous
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Oratorio
 Definition
Dramatic peom set to music
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Ostensible
 Definition
Apparent; professed; pretended
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Overweening
 Definition
Presumptuous; arrogant
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