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Minutiae
Noun
Minute or minor details
Misogyny
Noun
Hatred of women
Mollify
Verb
To soften, pacify, soothe
Moot
Adj
Of no practical significance (a “moot point”: so hypothetical as to be meaningless)
Muckraker
Noun
One who searches out and exposes real or apparent misconduct of prominent individuals
Mutable
Adj
Changeable; tending, or to be able to change
Myriad
Adj
A great number, innumerable, many
Nebulous
Adj
Vague, distinct
Nefarious
Adj
Evil, vicious, flagrantly wicked
Nepotism
Noun
Favoritism to a friend or relative in business or politics
Non sequitur
Noun
A remark or a conclusion that doesn’t follow the conversation or reasoning that came before
Notorious
Adj
Widely and unfavorably known; famous, generally for something bad
Nullify
Verb
To invalidate; to make legally null and void
Obdurate
Adj
Stubborn, unyielding, inflexible
Obliterate
Verb
To remove utterly from recognition, memory, or existence