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Machination

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A complex scheme with numerous elements

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Macabre

Muh CAW bruh

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Lurid

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Maculate

MA cyu late

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Not immaculate
1 spotty, blotchy
2 morally blemished

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Maelstrom

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A powerful whirlpool
Metaphor:
Political Disaster with competing forces

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Magnanimous

NAN

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Noble, generous, saint like

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Magniloquent

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Fancy and lofty language

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Malady

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An illness

Or deplorable condition (jetlag)

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Malaise

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N
Discomfort
You don’t feel good
“Experiencing malaise”

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Manifold

MAN

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Multiple

The benefits of music are manifold

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Manumit

man yu MIT

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To set free

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Mar

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To make imperfect

An imperfection

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Maturation

Mah chur AE shun

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The process of maturing

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Maudlin

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  1. Bathetic

2. Very sincerely emotional

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Maven

MAY

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Someone dazzlingly skilled in a field

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Maverick

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Independent in behavior, a rebel

Noun or adjective

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Mawkish

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Bathetic

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Mellifluous

LIF

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Pleasing to the ear

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Memorabilia

BEE

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A record of memories

Items that remind you of memories

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Menagerie

NA

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A collection of live animals

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Mendacious

DAY

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Telling Intentionally untrue lies

A mendacious person

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Mendicant

MEN di cint

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People who live off of begging

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Mercurial

CURE

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Liable to sudden unpredictable behavioral changes

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Meretricious

TRIH

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Pretending to be something you aren’t

Meretricious diamond earrings

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Mettle

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N

The courage to carry on

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Microcosm
A miniature model
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Mien | "Mean"
How you present yourself | "My mien"
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Milieu | Mil YOU
Your surrounding environment He grew up in a milieu of poverty
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Mirth
Good times Fun and enjoyment "Night of mirth"
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Misanthrope | MIS
I hate people
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Misconstrue
Interpret wrongly
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Miscreant | MIS
A bad person | Really bad
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Misnomer | NO
Unsuitable name
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Mitigate
Lessen the unpleasantness of a situation Mitigate their anger
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Modicum | MOD
A small amount | "I have a modicum of interest
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Mollify
To calm someone down
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Moniker
Nickname
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Monolithic
Both big and made of one thing
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Moot
Irrelevant
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Moratorium | TOR
The suspension of an activity | "After the plumbing imploded, the principal put a moratorium on drinking water"
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Morose
Sullen Gloomy Sad A morose person has a cloud of sorrow following them.
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Motley
Disorganized | Haphazardly arranged
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Multitudinous | TOO
Countless, infinite, innumerable
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Munificent | NIH
Very generous