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Obdurate

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Stubborn

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Nugatory

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Trifling; invalid

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Obsequy

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Funeral ceremony

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Multifarious

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Diverse

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Mundane

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Worldly as opposed to spiritual; concerned with the ordinary

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Necromancy

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Black magic

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Negate

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To cancel out; nullify

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Neologism

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New word or expression

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Neophyte

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Novice, beginner

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Nexus

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A means of connection; a connected group or series; a center

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Nonplussed

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Bewildered

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Nostalgia

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Sentimental longing for a past time

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Nostrum

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Medicine or remedy of doubtful remedy; supposed cure

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miscellany

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Mixture of writings on various subjects

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Miscreant

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Villain, criminal

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Mysogynist

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One who hates women

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mnemonic

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Related to memory

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Mollify

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To soothe

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Monolithic

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Solid ad uniform; constituting a single, unified whole

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Morose

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ill-humoured, sullen

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Motley

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Many coloured, made up of many parts

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Mettle

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Courage, endurance

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Mettlesome

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Full of courage an fortitude, spirited

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Microcosm

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A small system having analogies to a larger system

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Miltrate

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To work against

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Minatory

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Threatening, menacing

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Minutia

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Pretty details

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Misanthrope

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One who hates humanity

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Malleable

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Capable of being shaped by pounding; impressionable

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Maverick

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Dissenter

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Megalomania

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Delusions of power or importance

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Menagerie

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A variety of animals kept together

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Mendacious

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Dishonest

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Mendicant

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Beggar

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Meretricious

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Gaudy, plausible but false, specious

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Metamorphosis

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Change, transformation

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Metaphysics

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A branch of philosophy that investigates the ultimate nature of reality

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Lucre

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Money or profits

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Lustrous

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Shining

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Machiavellian

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Crafty, double-dealing

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Maeistrom

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Whirlpool, turmoil

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Malign

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To speak evil of

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