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04/04/2010
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irascible
 Definition
easily angred
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jubilant
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joyful, happy
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judicious
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of sound judgement
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juvenile
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young or immature
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juxtapose
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to put next to each other
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labyrinthine
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intricate, maze-like
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laceration
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a cut or rip
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lachrymose
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tearful
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latent
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present but hidden
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laud
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to applause or praise
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laudatory
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admiring, prasing
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lavish
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extravagant
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lethargic
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sluggish, weary, apathetic
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lewd
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vulgar, offensive, rude
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libel
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a statement that gives an unjust or un favorable represention
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licentious
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amoral, lawless, lewd
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limber
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bending or flexing readily, pliable
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limpid
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clear easyily understood
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linchpin
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something that holds separate things together
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lithe
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gracful, flexible
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loquacious
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talkitive
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lull
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a relativly calm interval, as in a storm
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luminescence
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light from non-thermal sourses
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magnanimous
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generous, noble
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malaise
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vaugue feeling of disscomfort
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malevolent
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having intent to harm others
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malicious
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malevolent, harmful
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malign
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to slander, to smear, to defame or speak of  evil
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malleable
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easily shaped or formed
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mandatory
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required, not optional
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manifest
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to show clearly
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manifold
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many
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masticate
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to chew
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matrimony
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marriage
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maudlin
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sentimental
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maxim
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a common saying of advise or virtue
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meager
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lacking quality in stature
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mediate
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to intervene, to sort out,to arbitrate
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melodramatic
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exagerating emotional, or sentimental historic
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mendacious
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inclined to lie or mislead
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mercurial
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quick and changeable in temperment
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meritorious
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deserving of praise or merit
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metamorphous
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a change of form, shape, subtance
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mimic
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to imatate, to copy
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misogyny
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hatred of women
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modicum
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a small amount of something
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mollify
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to soften in temper
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monogamy
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having only one spouse at a time
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mores
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moral attitudes
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