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Vocab List #12
PIB American Literature Vocabulary List #12
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| machination | n- an act of planning, especially to do harm |
| macroscopic | adj- visible to the naked eye |
| maelstrom | n- a violent whirlpool |
| malapropism | n- a usual humorous misuse of a word |
| malleable | adj- adaptable, pliable |
| martinet | n- a strict disiplinarian |
| nasochist | n- a person that gets pleasure from being abused or dominated |
| mendacious | adj- given to deception or falsehood |
| meretricious | adj- tawdrily attractive |
| milieu | environment, setting |
| miscreant | n- one who behaves criminally or viciously |
| nebulous | adj- of or relating to a nebulus |
| necromancy | n- conjuation of the spirits of the dead for purposes of magically revealing the future |
| neologism | n- a new word, usage, or expression |
| nihilism | n- a viewpoint that traditional values and beliefs are unfounded and existence is useless |