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29 Cards in this Set
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Mausoluem
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n. monumental tomb
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Mawkish
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adj. mushy and gushy; icky-sticky sentimental; maudlin
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Mayhem
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n. injury to the body
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Mealymouthed
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adj. indirect in speech; hypocritical; evasive
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Meddlesome
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adj. interfering
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Megalomania
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n. mania for doing grandiose things
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Melee
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n. fight
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Mellifuous
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adj. sweetly or smoothly flowing; melodious
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Menagerie
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n. collection of wild animals
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Mendacious
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adj. lying; habitually dishontest
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Mendicant
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n. beggar
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Mercenary
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adj. motivated solely by money or gain.
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Mercurial
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adj. capricious; changing; fickle
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Meretrecious
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adj. flashy; tawdry
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Mete
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v. measure; distribute. He tried to be impartial in his efforts to mete justice.
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Meteoric
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adj. swift; momentarily brilliant. we all wondered at his meteoric rise to fame.
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Mettle
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n. courage; spirit. She showed her mettle when she continued to persevere.
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Miasma
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n. swamp gas; heavy, vaporous atmosphere, often emanating from decaying matter; pervasive corruptive influence. The smog hung over Victorian London like a dark cloud; noisome, reeking of decay, it was a visible miasma.
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Microcosm
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n. small world; the world in miniature. Mason is like its own microcosm.
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Milieu
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n. environment; means of expression. When I moved to Austin, I knew that I had found my own milieu.
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Minatory
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adj. menacing; threatening. Jabbing a minatory finger in his face, the mother forewarned her son of future trouble.
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Mincing
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adj. affectedly dainty. Yum-yum walked across the stage with mincing steps.
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Minutiae
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n. petty details. Do not be overcome with the minutiae of life.
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Mire
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v. entangle; stick in swampy ground. The rear wheels became mired in mud.
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Mirth
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n. merriment; laughter
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Misanthrope
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n. one who hates mankind
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Miscellany
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n. mixture of writings on various subjects.
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Mischance
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n. ill luck. His decisions were riddled iwth mischance.
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Miscreant
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n. wretch; villain. His kindness to the miscreant amazed all of us hwo had expected to hear sever punishment pronounced.
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