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Merit

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Advantages

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Mercurial

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Inconstant, unpredictable

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Meritorious

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Worthy

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Migrant

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Regularly moving from place to place

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Mimicry

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Imitation

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Misanthrope

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Person who doesn’t like other people

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Misconstrue

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Give wrong idea about

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Miscreant

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Someone who behaves badly

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Miser

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One who hoards and doesn’t spend

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Misgivings

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Feeling of doubt and worry

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Misnomer

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Incorrect description

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Mitigate

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Lessen

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Modicum

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Small amount of something good like truth or honesty

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Mollify

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Make someone less angry or upset

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Momentous

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Very important because of effects on future effects

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Monopoly

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Complete control of something, esp. in business

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Morass

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Mess

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Morbid

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Moody

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Moribund

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Not active successful

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Morose

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Unhappy

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Mote

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Particle

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Motley

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Assorted

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Muddle

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Untidy or confused

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Multifaceted

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Having many different parts

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Multilateral

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Involving at least 3 different groups of people or nations

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Munificence

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Generosity

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Munificent

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Very generous with money

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Myriad

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Very large number of

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Nadir

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Worst time

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Naïveté

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Trust based on lack of experience

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Nascent

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Only recently formed or started

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Negate

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Cause something to have no effect and therefore be useless

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Neurotic

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Behaving strangely or in an anxious way

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Nicety

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Details, esp with regard to good manners

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Noisome

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Very unpleasant and offensive

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Noncommittal

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Not expressing an opinion or decision

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Nondescript

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Very ordinary

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Nonentity

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Person without strong character, ideas or influence

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Notoriety

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State of being famous for something bad

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Nubile

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Age or physical condition suited to marriage

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Obdurate

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Person who refuses to change his mind

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Obfuscate

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Deliberately make it seem confusing

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Obligated

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Thankful

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Obligatory

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Compulsory

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Oblivious

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Not aware of something

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Obscure

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Unclear and difficult to understand

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Obsequious

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Too eager to praise or obey someone

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Obstinate

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Stubborn

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Obstreperous

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Noisy and difficult to control

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Obtrusive

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Noticeable in an unpleasant way

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Occlusion

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Closing of an office

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Officious

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Eager to tell people what to do

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Olfactory

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Concerning with the ability to smell

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Ominous

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Suggesting something unpleasant is likely to happen

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Omnipotent

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Possessing infinite power

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Onerous

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Difficult to do or needing a lot of effort

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Opportune

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Happening at a time which is likely to give success

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Opulence

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Wealth

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Ossified

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Hardened and unchangeable

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Ostensible

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Apparently true

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Ostentation

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Flashiness

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Ostentatious

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Too obviously showing your money, possessions

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Ostracize

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Avoid someone intentionally or prevent the from taking part in the group

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Outlandish

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Very unusual

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Overt

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Obvious

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Pacify

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Make someone who is angry calm

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Palliative

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Tending to relieve

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Paltry

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Very small and of little or no value

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Panache

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Stylish, original, and very confident way of doing something

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Parable

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Short story made to make a moral or religious point

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Paradigm

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Model of something

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Paranoia

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Fear, mistrust

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Pariah

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Person not accepted by a social group

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Parity

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Equality of pay or position

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Parochial

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Narrow-minded

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Parsimonious

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Stingy

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Partisan

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Strongly supporting a person, principle, or political part without judging it carefully

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Pathos

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Quality in a film, situation, play that makes people feel sad

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Paucity

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Smallness of number or amount

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Pecuniary

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Consisting of money

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Pedagogical

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Concerning methods and theory of teaching

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Pedantic

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Giving too much attention to formal rules and small details

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Pejorative

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Suggesting something is not good

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Pellucid

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Allowing maximum light to pass through

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Penchant

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Special liking for something

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Penitent

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Expressing remorse for ones wrong doings or sins

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Penurious

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Poor

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Perambulate

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Walk around for pleasure

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Perceive

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To sense

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Peremptory

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Not permitting refusal or disobedience

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Perfidious

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Purposely disloyal or treacherous

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Peripatetic

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Traveling around to different places

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Peripheral

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Not essential

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Perpetuate

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Cause someone to continue

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Personify

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Be a perfect example of

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Perspicacious

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Quick in noticing, understanding, or judging things accurately

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Perspicuity

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Clearness of expression

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Pertinacious

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Determined

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Pertinent

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Related

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Perusal

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Action of reading

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Petulance

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Unreasonable childish bad temper over something unimportant

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Phlegmatic

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Staying calm even when upsetting or exciting things happen

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Picayune

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Anything small or trivial

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Picturesque

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Visually pleasing

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Piety

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Worshipful devotion to god or family

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