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56 <strong>Vocabulary</strong> <strong>4000</strong><br />

Quiz 19 (Matching)<br />

Match each word in the first column with its definition in the second column.<br />

Answers are on page 101.<br />

1. LACHRYMOSE A. trickery<br />

2. LAGGARD B. roué<br />

3. LASCIVIOUS C. very small<br />

4. LEGERDEMAIN D. tearful<br />

5. LIBERTINE E. loafer<br />

6. LILLIPUTIAN F. lustful<br />

7. LOQUACIOUS G. talkative<br />

8. MACHIAVELLIAN H. comical misuse of a word<br />

9. MAGISTERIAL I. arbitrary, dictatorial<br />

10. MALAPROPISM J. politically crafty, cunning<br />

malodorous fetid<br />

mammoth huge<br />

manacle shackle<br />

mandate command<br />

mandatory obligatory<br />

mandrill baboon<br />

mania madness, obsession<br />

manifest obvious, evident<br />

manifesto proclamation<br />

manifold multiple, diverse<br />

manslaughter killing another<br />

person without malice<br />

manumit set free<br />

manuscript unpublished book<br />

mar damage<br />

marauder plunderer<br />

marginal insignificant<br />

marionette puppet<br />

maroon abandon<br />

marshal array, mobilize<br />

martial warlike<br />

martinet disciplinarian<br />

martyr sacrifice, symbol<br />

masochist one who enjoys pain<br />

masticate chew<br />

mastiff large dog<br />

mastodon extinct elephant<br />

maternal motherly<br />

maternity motherhood<br />

matriarch matron<br />

matriculate enroll (usually in school)<br />

matrix array<br />

matutinal early, morning<br />

maudlin weepy, sentimental<br />

maul rough up<br />

mausoleum tomb<br />

maverick a rebel, individualist<br />

mawkish sickeningly sentimental<br />

mayhem mutilation, chaos<br />

mea culpa my fault

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