Anderson Analog 3-4
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dondeestaeldinero on April 15, 2009
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Terms | Definitions |
|---|---|
 mendacity | a lie or falsehood |
| mendicant | a beggar |
| misanthrope | a person who hates all people |
| misogyny | hatred of women |
| mutable | capable of change or of being changed |
| neophyte | new convert; any beginner |
| niggardly | stingy, miserly |
| noisome | noxious, harmful, foul smelling |
| numismatics | the study of coins |
| obsequious | overly submissive, fawning |
| obtuse | blunt, dull; an angle that is greater than 90 degrees |
| paragon | a model of perfection; a perfect diamond of 100 carats or more |
| pariah | any outcast despised by others |
| penury | poverty; destitution |
| philatelist | a stamp collector |
| philologist | one who studies written records; one who studies literature or language as it is used in literature |
| platitude | flatness, dullness, a trite remark |
| pommel | to beat; the rounded projection on the front of a saddle; the round know on the end of a sword |
| potentate | a ruler or monarch |
| predilection | a preconceived liking, partiality, preference |
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