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69 Cards in this Set
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misogamy
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hatred of marriage
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misogynist
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hater of women
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missile
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object to be thrown
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missive
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letter
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mite
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v small object or creature
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mitigate
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appease,moderate
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mnemonic
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pertaining to memory
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mobile
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movable
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mock
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redicule,imitate usually in derision
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mode
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prevailing style,manner
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modicum
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limited quantity
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modish
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fashionable
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modulate
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tone down in intensity,regulate
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mogul
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powerful person
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molecule
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the smallest particle
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mollify
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soothe
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mollycoddle
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pamper,indulge excessively
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molt
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shed or cast off hairs or feathers
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molten
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melted
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momentous
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v.important
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momentum
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quantity of motion of a moving body
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monarchy
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government under a single ruler
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monastic
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related to monks or monasteries.removed from worldly concerns
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monetary
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related to money
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monochromatic
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having only one colour
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monolithic
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solidly uniform,unyeilding
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monotheism
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beleif in one God
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monotony
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sameness leading to boredom
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monumental
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msassive
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moodiness
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fits of depression or gloom
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moratorium
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legal delay of payment
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morbid
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charachteristic of disease
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mordant
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biting,sarcastic,stinging
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mores
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customes,conventions,moral standards
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moribund
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dying
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morose
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ill-humored,sullen,melancholy
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mortician
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undertaker
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mortify
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humiliate,punish the flesh
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mosaic
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picture made of small colourful inlaid tiles
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mote
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small speck
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motif
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theme
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motility
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ability to move spontaneously
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motley
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multicoloured mixed
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mottled
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blotched in colouring,spotted
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mountebank
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charlatan,boastful pretender
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muddle
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confuse,mix up
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muggy
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warm and damp
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muclt
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defraud a person of something
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multifarious
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varied,grealty diversified
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multiform
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having many forms
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multilingual
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having many languages
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multiplicity
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state of being numerous
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mundane
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worldly rather than spiritual,everyday,uninterested in phylosophical or spiritual discussions
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munificient
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very generous
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mural
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wall painting
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murky
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dark and gloomy,thick with fog,vague
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muse
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ponder
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musky
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having the odour of musk
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muster
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gather,assemble
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musty
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stale,spoiled by age
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mutilate
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maim
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mutinous
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unruly,rebellious
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myopic
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nearsighted,lacking foresight
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myriad
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v large number
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nadir
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lowest point
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naivete
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unsophisticated,simplicity
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narcissist
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conceited person
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narrative
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related to telling a story
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nascent
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incepient,coming into being
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