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Misogamy (n)
hatred of marriage
Modish (adj)
fashionable
Moratorium (n)
legal delay of payment
Mordant (adj)
biting; sarcastic; stinging
Moribund (adj)
dying
Morose (adj)
ill-humored; sullen; melancholy
Mortify (v)
to humiliate; punish the flesh
Mote (n)
small speck
Motility (n)
ability to move spontaneously
Mottled (adj)
blotched in coloring; spotted
Mountebank (n)
charlatan; boastful pretender
Muddle (v)
to confuse; mix up
Mulct (v)
to defraud a person of something
Munificent (adj)
very generous
Mutability (adj)
ability to change in form; fickleness
Muse (v)
to ponder
Natation (n)
swimming
Natty (adj)
neatly or smartly dressed
Nefarious (adj)
very wicked
Nepotism (n)
favoritism (to a relative)
Nexus (n)
connection
Nib (n)
beak; pen point
Nicety (n)
precision; minute distinction
Niggle (v)
to spend too much time on minor points; carp
Nondescript (adj)
indistinctive; ordinary
Nonentity (n)
person of no importance; nonexistence
Nonplus (v)
to bring to a halt by confusion; perplex
Nostrum (n)
questionable medicine
Nubile (adj)
marriageable
Nugatory (adj)
futile; worthless
Obeisance (n)
a movement of the body expressing respect (a bow)
Obelisk (n)
tall column with a pyramid top
Obloquy (n)
funeral ceremony
Obstreperous (adj)
boisterous; noisy
Obtrude (v)
to push (oneself or one's ideas) forward or intrude; butt in; stick out or extrude
Occident (n)
in the west
Odium (n)
detestation; hatefulness; disrepute
Onus (n)
burden; responsibility
Opalescent (adj)
iridescent; lustrous
Opportune (adj)
timely; well-chosen
Oracular (adj)
prophetic; uttered as if with divine authority; mysterious or ambiguous
Oratorio (n)
dramatic poem set to music
Ordination (n)
ceremony conferring holy orders
Orthodox (adj)
traditional; conservative in belief
Orthography (n)
correct spelling
Osseous (adj)
made of bone; bony
Outstrip (v)
to surpass; outdo
Overweening (adj)
presumptuous; arrogant
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Barron's 3500 words
Description
words I didnt know (word list 31-33)
Updated
2011-03-18T08:34:48Z
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