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macerate

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v; soften by soaking in liquid; waste away

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maculated

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adj; spotted; stained

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madrigal

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n; pastoral song

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magisterial

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adj; authoritative; imperious

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magnate

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n; person of prominence

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magniloquent

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adj; boastful, pompous

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maladroit

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adj; clumsy; bungling

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malaise

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n; uneasiness; vague feeling of ill health

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malaproism

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n; comic misuse of a word

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malediction

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n; curse

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malefactor

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n; evildoer; criminal

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malfeasance

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n; wrongdoing

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mannered

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adj; affected; not natural

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manumit

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v; emancipate; free from bondage

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marshal

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v; put in order

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martinet

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n; rigid military disciplinarian

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masticate

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v; chew

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matriculate

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v; enroll (in college or grad. school)

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matrix

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n; point of origin; array of numbers or algebraic symbols

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maudlin

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adj; effusively sentimental

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mawkish

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adj; mushy and gushy; sentimental

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mayhem

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n; injury to body

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mealymouthed

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adj; indirect in speech; evasive; hypocritical

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medium

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n; element that is a creature's natural environment

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megalomania

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n; mania for doing grandiose things

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mellifluous

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adj; sweetly or smoothly flowing; melodious

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mendacious

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adj; lying; habitually dishonest

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mendicant

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n; beggar

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mercurial

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adj; capricious; changing; fickle

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meretricious

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adj; flashy; tawdry

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metallurgical

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adj; pertaining to the art of removing metals from ores

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mettle

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n; courage; spirit

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miasma

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n; swamp gas; heavy, vaporous atmosphere; pervasive, corrupting influence

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milieu

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n; enironment; means of expression

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minatory

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adj; menacing; threatengin

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mincing

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adj; affectedly dainty

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minutiae

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n; petty details

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misogamy

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n; hatred of marriage

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missive

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n; letter

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mite

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n; very small object or creature; small coin

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modicum

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n; limited quanity

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modish

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adj; fashionable

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modulate

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v; tone down in intensity

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mollify

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v; soothe

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mollycoddle

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v; pamper; indulge excessively

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monastic

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adj; related to monks or monasteries; removed from worldly concerns

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monochromatic

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adj; having on ly one color

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monolithic

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adj; solidly uniform; unyielding

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moratorium

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n; legal delay of payment

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mordant

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adj; biting; sarcastic; stinging

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moribund

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adj; dying

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morose

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adj; ill-humored; sullen; melancholy

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mote

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n; small peck

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motif

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n; theme

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motility

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n; ability to move spontaneously

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mottled

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adj; blotched in coloring; spotted

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mountebank

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n; charlatan; boastful pretender

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mulct

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v; defraud a person of something

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multifarious

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adj; varied; greatly diversified

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mundane

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adj; worldly as opposed to spiritual; everyday

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munificent

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adj; very generous

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muse

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v; ponder

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myopic

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adj; nearsighted; lacking foresight