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130 Cards in this Set
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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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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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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
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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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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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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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maritime
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bordering on the sea; nautical
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marked
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noticeable; marked for vengeance
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marshal
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put in order
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martial
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warlike
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martinet
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strict disciplinarian, esp. a military one; one who demands absolute adherence to forms and rules
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masticate
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chew
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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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mausoleum
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monumental tomb
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maverick
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* rebel; nonconformist
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mawkish
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mushy and gushy; icky-sticky sentimental; maudlin
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maxim
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proverb; a truth pithily stated
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mayhem
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injury to body
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meager
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scanty; inadequate
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mealymouthed
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indirect in speech; hypocritical; evasive
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meander
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wind or turn in its course
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medium
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element that is a creature's natural environment; nutrient setting in which microorganisms are cultivated
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medium
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appropriate occupation or means of expression; channel of communication; compromise
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meek
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submissive; patient and long-suffering
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megalomania
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mania for doing grandiose things
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melee
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fight
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mellifluous
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sweetly or smoothly flowing; melodious
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memorialize
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commemorate
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mendacious
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* lying; habitually dishonest
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menial
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suitable for servants; lowly; mean
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mercantile
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concerning trade
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mercenary
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motivated solely by money or gain
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mercurial
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capricious; changing; fickle
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meretricious
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flashy; tawdry
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metallurgical
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pertaining to the art of removing metals from ores
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metamorphosis
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* change in form
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metaphor
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implied comparison
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metaphysical
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pertaining to speculative philosophy
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mete
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measure; distribute
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meteoric
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swift; momentarily brilliant
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meticulous
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* excessively careful; painstaking; scrupulous
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mettle
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courage; spirit
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miasma
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swamp gas; heavy, vaporous atmosphere, often emanating from decaying matter; pervasive corrupting influence
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milieu
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environment; means of expression
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militate
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work against
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millennium
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thousand-year period; period of happiness and prosperity
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minatory
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menacing; threatening
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mincing
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affectedly dainty
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minutiae
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petty details
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mire
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entangle; stick in swampy ground
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mirth
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merriment; laughter
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misadventure
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mischance; ill luck
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misanthrope
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* one who hates mankind
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misapprehension
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error; misunderstanding
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miscellany
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mixture of writings on various subjects
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mischance
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ill luck
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miscreant
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wretch; villain
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miserly
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stingy; mean
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misgivings
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doubts
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misogamy
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hatred of marriage
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missive
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letter
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mite
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very small object or creature; small coin
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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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mode
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prevailing style; manner; way of doing something
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modicum
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limited quantity
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modulate
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tone down in intensity; regulate; change from one key to another
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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 hair or feathers
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molten
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melted
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monastic
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related to monks or monastaries; removed from worldly concerns
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monolithic
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solidly uniform; unyielding
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monotheism
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belief in one God
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moratorium
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legal delay of payment
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morbid
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given to unwholesome thought; moody; characteristic of disease
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mordant
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biting; sarcastic; stinging
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mores
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conventions; moral standards; customs
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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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mortify
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humiliate; punish the flesh
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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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multicolored; mixed
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mottled
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blotched in coloring; spotted
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mountebank
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charlatan; boastful pretender
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mulct
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defraud a person of something
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multifarious
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varied; greatly diversified
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multiform
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having many forms
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multiplicity
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state of being numerous
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mundane
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* worldly as opposed to spiritual; everyday
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munificent
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very generous
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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 odor of musk
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musty
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stale; spoiled by age
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mutability
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ability to change in form; fickleness
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myopic
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nearsighted; lacking foresight
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myriad
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very large number
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