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81 Cards in this Set
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moo
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lucid
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easily understood; clear; intelligible
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lucrative
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profitable
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lucre
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money
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ludicrous
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laughable; trifling
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lugubrious
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mournful
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lull
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moment of calm
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lumber
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move heavily or clumsily
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lumen
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unit of light energy (one candle's worth)
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luminary
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celebrity; dignitary
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luminous
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shining; issuing light
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lunar
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pertaining to the moon
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lunge
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make a quick forward dive or reach; thrust
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lurid
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wild; sensational; graphic; gruesome
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lurk
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stealthily lie in waiting; slink; exist unperceived
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luscious
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pleasing to taste or smell
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luster
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shine; gloss
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lustrous
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shining
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luxuriant
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abundant; rich and splendid; fertile
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macabre
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gruesome; grisly
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mace
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ceremonial staff; clublike medieval weapon
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macerate
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soften by soaking in liquid; waste away
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Machiavellian
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crafty; double-dealing
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machinations
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evil schemes or plots
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maculated
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spotted; stained
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madrigal
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pastoral song
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maelstrom
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whirlpool
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magisterial
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authoritative; imperious
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magnanimity
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generosity
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magnate
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person of prominence or influence
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magniloquent
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boastful, pompous
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magnitude
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greatness; extent
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maim
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mutilate; injure
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maladroit
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clumsy; bungling
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malady
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illness
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malaise
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uneasiness; vague feeling of ill health
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malapropism
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comic misuse of a word
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malcontent
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person dissatisfied with existing state of affairs
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malediction
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curse
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malefactor
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evildoer; criminal
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malevolent
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wishing evil
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malfeasance
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wrongdoing
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malicious
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hateful; spiteful
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malign
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speak evil of; bad-mouth; defame
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malignant
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injurious; tending to cause death; aggressively malevolent
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malingerer
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one who feigns illness to escape duty
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malleable
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capable of being shaped by pounding; impressionable
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malodorous
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foul-smelling
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mammal
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vertebrate animal whose female suckles its young
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mammoth
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gigantic; enormous
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manacle
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restrain; handcuff
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mandate
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order; charge
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mandatory
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obligatory
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mangy
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shabby; wretched
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maniacal
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raging mad; insane
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manifest
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evident; visible; obvious
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manifestation
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outward demonstration; indication
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manifesto
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declaration; statement of policy
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manifold
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numerous; varied
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manipulate
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operate with one's hands; control or play upon (people, forces, etc.) artfully
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mannered
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affected; not natural
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manumit
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emancipate; free from bondage
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marital
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pertaining to marriage
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maritime
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bordering on the sea; nautical
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marked
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noticeable; targeted for vengeance
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marred
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damaged; disfigured
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marshal
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put in order
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marsupial
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one of a family of mammals that nurse their offspring in a pouch
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martial
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warlike
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martinet
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strict disciplinarian
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martyr
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one who voluntarily suffers death for his or her religion or cause; great sufferer
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masochist
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person who enjoys his own pain
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masticate
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chew
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materialism
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preoccupation with physical comforts and things
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maternal
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motherly
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matriarch
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woman who rules a family or larger social group
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matriculate
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enroll (in college or graduate school)
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matrix
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*point of origin*; array of numbers or algebraic symbols; mold or die
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maudlin
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effusively sentimental
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maul
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handle roughly
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lout
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clumsy person
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