Flashcards: Bowyer 21
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kasielasserre1 on January 31, 2011
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Terms | Definitions |
|---|---|
 minuscule | very small |
| misanthrope | person who hates human beings |
| misapprehend | misunderstand, fail to know |
| miserliness | extreme stinginess |
| misnomer | incorrect name or designation |
| mitigate | to soften or make milder |
| mnemonic | relating to memory, designed to assist memory |
| mollify | to calm or make less severe |
| monastic | extremely plain or secluded, as in a monistary |
| monochromatic | having one color |
| monolith | a large block of stone |
| montage | composite picture |
| moot | debatable; previously decided |
| moribund | dying, decaying |
| morose | gloomy, sullen, surely |
| mote | small particle or speck |
| motley | many colored; composed of diverse parts |
| multifarious | diverse |
| mundane | worldly; commonplace |
| munificent | generous |
| myopic | nearsighted |
| myriad | ammense number, multitude |
| nadir | lowest point |
| nascent | starting to develop, coming into existance |
| nebulous | vague, cloudy |
| necromancy | black magic |
| nefarious | vicious, evil |
| neologism | new word |
| neonate | newborn child |
| neophyte | novice, beginner |
| nether | located under or below |
| niggardly | stingy |
| nihilism | belief that existance & all traditional values are meaningless |
| noisome | stinking, putrid |
| nomenclature | terms used in a particular science or discipline |
| non sequitur | conclusion not following from apparant evidence |
| novitiate | beginner, novice |
| noxious | harmful, unwholesome |
| nuance | shade of meaning |
| numismatics | coin collecting |
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