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55 Cards in this Set
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melange
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mixture
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mellifluent
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sweetly flowing
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menace
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threaten, express as intention to inflict injury
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menage
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household
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mendacious
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lying
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mendicant
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beggar, begging
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mensicus
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a crescent
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meretricious
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superficially attractive, enticing by false charms
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metamorphose
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transform
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militate
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operate against, work against
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ministrative
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serving helpfully
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minnow
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any one of several species of very small fresh water fish
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misanthropy
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dislike or distrust of mankind
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misappropriation
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the act of using for a wrong purpose
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miscalculate
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to calculate erroneously
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miscegenation
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interbreeding of races
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misconceive
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to have an erroneous understanding of
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miscontruction
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wrong interpretation of words or things, a mistaking of the true meaning
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miscreant
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villain, villainous
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midemeanor
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a misbehaving, a minor legal offense
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missal
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prayer book
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mistral
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cold, dry, north wind common in southern Europe
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mitigate
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lessen, make milder
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mnemonics
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art of memory development
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modicum
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a little, a small company
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modulate
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tone down
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molest
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disturb, annoy, bother
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monetary
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pertaining to money or consisting of money, financial
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monolith
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large piece of stone
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montage
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picture made up of pictures or material from several sources
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mordant
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biting, sarcastic
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morganatic
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marriage of a high-ranking man with a lower-station woman
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moribund
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dying
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motley
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variegated, composed of clashing elements
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muddle
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confuse or stupefy
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mufti
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civilian dress
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murrain
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a cattle disease
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mutation
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change
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muxhik
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Russian peasant
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mytopia
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nearsightedness
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nacre
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mother-of-pearl
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naive
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unsophisticated, artless
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nape
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back of neck
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narcissism
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love of one's own body
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natant
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swimming or floating
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nauseate
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cause disgust and nausea to
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nebulous
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hazy, indistinct
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necessitate
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render unavoidable, compel
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nefarious
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abominable, wicked in the extreme
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negative
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implying or expressing refusal
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negotiability
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the quality of being transferable by endorsement
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neolithic
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characteristic of the later part of the Stone Age
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neophyte
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new convert
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neuralgic
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pain along the course of a nerve
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neutralize
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to reduce to a state of indifference between different parties
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