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lucid |
bright; clear; intelligible luc light |
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elucidation |
clarification luc
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pellucid |
transparent; translucent; easily understood luc |
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luminous |
bright; brilliant; glowing lum light |
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allude |
make an indirect reference to "comments alluding to previous debate" lud play, game |
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ludicrous |
laughable; ridiculous lud
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prelude |
an introductory performance preceding the principal matter lud |
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interlude |
an entertainment between acts of a play lud |
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elude |
evade lud |
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macrocosm |
the universe macro large, long |
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macroeconomics |
study of the overall workings of the economy macro |
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macrosyte |
an abnormally large red blood cell |
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magna cum laude |
with high honors magn great "magnificent" |
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magnate |
powerful person magn |
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magnitude |
extent; greatness of size magn |
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magnanimity |
generosity; nobility magn |
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malign |
speak evil of "she had a strong and malign influence." mal bad |
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malaise |
feeling of discomfort; general sense of depression mal |
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malefactor |
doer of evil mal |
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malfeasance |
misconduct mal |
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emancipate |
liberate man hand |
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manubrium |
a body part that is shaped like a handle man |
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maniable |
easy to handle; flexible man |
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mandate |
authoritative order or instruction mand order |
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commandment |
a command mand |
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mandamus |
an order issued by a superior court to a lower court mand |
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reprimand |
a strong formal rebuke mand |
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maniac |
someone who has excessive enthusiasm for sth; an insane person mania |
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maniacal |
characterized by excessive ehthusiasm; marked by insanity mania |
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manic-depressive |
affective disorder marked by alternating periods of mania and depression mania |
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maritime |
relating to the sea mar/mari sea |
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marina |
a boat basin for small boats mar/mari |
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matron |
a mother of mature age and social position mater/matr mother |
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matrilineal |
tracing ancestry through the nother's line mater/matr mother "maternal" |
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matriarchy |
a family or community governed by women mater/matr |
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megalith |
huge stone used in prehistoric stuctures mega |
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megalopolis |
vast city mega |
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megalophonous |
having a loud voice mega |
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metaphor |
figre of speech that compares two different things meta change, at a later time, beyond "metamorphisis" |
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metaplasia |
change of one kind of tissue into another kind meta |
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metanoia |
spiritual conversion meta |
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metaphysical |
pertaining to speculative philosophy meta |
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barometer |
instrument used in weather forecasting for measuring atmosphere pressure meter/metr measure |
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ammeter |
instrument that measures electric current in amperes meter/metr |
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metrology |
study of weights and measures meter/metr |
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microbiota |
the microscopic life of an area micro small |
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micrology |
excessive deveotion to small details micro
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microclimate |
the climate of a small area micro |
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microcosm |
a small system having analogies to a larger syten; small world micro |
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diminution |
lesseningl reduction min small |
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diminutive |
small min |
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minute |
very small min small |
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minutia |
pettu details min
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minuscule |
very small min |
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misconstrue |
misunderstand mis hatred, bad, improper, wrong |
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misnomer |
incorrect name mis |
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remittance |
sth sent as payment mit send |
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missive |
a letter miss send "mission" |
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dismiss |
put away from consideratino miss away |
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mittimus |
write that commits one to prison mit send, away |
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emotive |
appealing to or expressing emotion mot move |
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monocline |
in geology, a single upward fold mono |
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admonish |
to speak to (someone) in a way that expresses disapproval or criticism mon/monit warn |
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admonition |
mild reproof mon/monit |
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premonition |
forewarning; presentiment mon/monit |
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remonstate |
object or protest mon/monit |
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moribund |
dying mori death |
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mortorio |
sculpture of the dead christ mort |
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immortal |
not subject to death, everlasting mort death |
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mortification |
shame or humiliation mort |
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mortician |
undertaker mort |
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morphous |
having definite form morph form, shape |
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amorphous |
lacking definite form morph form, shape |
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anthropomorphic |
attributing human qualities to nonhumans morph |
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morphology |
the form ad structure of an organism morph |
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multipara |
mother of two or more children multi many |
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multifaceted |
made up of many parts malti |
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multifarious |
diverse multi many |
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multiplicity |
state of being numerous multi |
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multeity |
state of being many mult |
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mutative |
in grammar, expressing change of state or place mut change |
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transmutation |
change in appearance, shape, or nature mut |
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immutable |
unchangeable mut |
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mutable |
changeable mut |
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nativity |
place or circumstances of birth nat birth, be from |
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nascent |
starting to develp, coming into existence nas birth, be from |
