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jaunt

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short trip, excursion

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jaunty

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carefree, confident

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jeer

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sneer, mock

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jeopardy

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danger

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jetsam

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goods cast overboard to lighten a ship

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jettison

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to throw goods overboard

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jingoism

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extreme patriotism

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jocose

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joking, humorous

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jocular

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humorous

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juggernaut

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terrible destructive force

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junket

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a pleasure trip, an excursion

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ken

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range of knowledge

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kindle

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to set on fire, excite

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kinetic

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pertaining to motion

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kismet

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destiny, fate

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knave

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a tricky, deceitful person

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knell

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to sounds made by the bell rung slowly for a death or funeral

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knoll

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small hill

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knuckle

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to yield (under), to apply oneself vigorously (down)

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lachrymose

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tearful

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lackadaisical

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uninterested, listless

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laconic

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concise, using few words

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laity

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religious worshippers who are not clergy

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lambent

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softly bright or radiant, running or moving lightly over a surface

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lament

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mourn

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lampoon

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sharp, harmful satire

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languish

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to become weak or feeble

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lapidary

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dealer in precious stones

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largess

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gifts that have been given generously

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lascivious

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lustful, lewd, inciting sexual desire

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lassitude

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feeling of weakness and weariness

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latitude

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freedom, margin

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laudable

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praiseworthy

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lave

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wash or bathe

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legerdemain

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slight of hand, deception

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leonine

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fierce, authoritative, lionlike

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leviathan

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anything vast or huge, a sea monster

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libertine

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one who leads an immoral life

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libretto

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the words of an opera

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licentious

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lawless, immoral, lewd

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liege

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lord, master

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lilliputian

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tiny, narrow minded

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limpid

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clear, transparent

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lineaments

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facial features

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lionize

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treat as a celebrity

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lissome

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moving gracefully, agile or active

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lithe

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graceful, flexible

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loath

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reluctant unwilling

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loathe

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hate

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locus

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place

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lode

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rich source of supply such as a mineral deposit

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loll

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lean or lounge about, to droop

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lope

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move along with a swinging walk

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loquacious

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talkative

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lot

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fate

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lout

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awkward, stupid person

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lugubrious

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sad, mournful

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lupine

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wolflike, fierce

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lurid

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shocking, glowing, sensational

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machiavellian

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deceitful, tricky

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machination

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evil design

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maelstrom

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whirlpool

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magnanimous

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generous

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maladroit

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clumsy, unskillful, awkward

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malady

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disease, illness

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malaise

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discomfort, uneasiness

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malapropism

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word humorously misused

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malcontent

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one who is dissatisfied

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malefactor

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villain wrongdoer

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malfeasance

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wrong doing

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malign

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speak badly of

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malignant

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evil, deadly

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malingerer

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one who pretends to be sick to avoid work

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malodorous

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bad-smelling, stinking

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mandarin

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influential person

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manifold

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many, varied

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manumit

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to set free

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maraud

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raid, plunder

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marquee

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roof like shelter projecting above an outer door

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martial

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warlike

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martinet

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strict disciplinarian

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matrix

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place of origin

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maudlin

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excessively sentimental

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mawkish

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sickeningly sweet, overly sentimental

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maxim

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proverb or saying

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melee

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noisy fight

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mellifluous

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smoothly flowing, sweet sounding

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ménage

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household, domestic establishment

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mendacious

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lying, false

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mendicant

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beggar

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mercenary

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motivated only by a desire for money

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mercurial

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changeable, fickle, erratic

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meretricious

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gaudy, showy, attractive in a cheap flashy way

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mete

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(out) to distribute in portions

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meteoric

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momentarily dazzling

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mettle

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courage, spirit

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miasma

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pollution, poisonous environment

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microcosm

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miniature world

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mien

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manner, bearing

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milieu

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environment, setting

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minutiae

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insignificant details, trivia

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mire

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wet, swampy ground, involve with difficulties

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misanthrope

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hater of mankind

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miscegenation

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mixture of races especially through marriage

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miscreant

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vicious person, villain

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misgiving

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doubt, suspicion

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misogamy

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hater of marriage

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misogynist

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woman-hater

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missive

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letter

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modicum

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small amount

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modish

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fashionable

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modulate

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soften, tone down

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monograph

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book or paper on a single subject

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monolithic

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unyielding, unified

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moot

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doubtful, debatable

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moratorium

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delay, postponement

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mordant

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sarcastic, biting

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mores

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customs, traditions, morals

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moribund

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dying

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mountebank

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phony, fraud, charlatan

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mulct

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punish with a fine, obtain money by extortion

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multifarious

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varied, having many parts

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munificent

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generous

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myopic

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nearsighted, having limited point of view

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myriad

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infinitely vast in number

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myrmidon

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unquestioning follower

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