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/'mɜrsɪnərɪ/;/-nɛrɪ/ a.
interested in making money; profit oriented; hired for service in foreign army


Spelling Word: mercenary
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/'mɪmɪk/ v. Syn. imitate; copy
copy or imitate closely, especially in speech, expression


Spelling Word: mimic
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/'mʌndeɪn/ a. Syn. worldly; earthly; secular
belonging to this earth or world; not ideal or heavenly; concerned with commonplaces; ordinary


Spelling Word: mundane
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/noʊ'tɔ:rɪəs/ a. Syn. disreputable; infamous
disreputable; known widely and usually unfavorably; infamous


Spelling Word: notorious
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/ə'blɪvɪən/ n. Syn. amnesty
condition or quality of being completely forgotten; official overlooking of offenses; amnesty


Spelling Word: oblivion
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/əb'tru:sɪv/ a.
inclined to intrude or thrust one's self or one's opinions upon others; enter uninvited; forward; pushing; intrusive.


Spelling Word: obtrusive
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/'pɛdənt/ n.
one who is overly concerned with formal rules and trivial points of learning


Spelling Word: pedant
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/pɜrtɪ'neɪʃəs/;/-tn'eɪʃəs/ a. Syn. stubborn; persistent
stubbornly or perversely persistent; unyielding; obstinate


Spelling Word: pertinacious
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/pə'vɜrs/ a.
stubbornly wrongheaded; directed away from what is right or good


Spelling Word: perverse
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/'pɛtrɪfaɪ/ v.
convert wood or other organic matter into stony replica; cause to become stiff or stonelike


Spelling Word: petrify