"M" Word List Flashcards
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macabre
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horrible; gruesome
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machiavellian
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decitful; tricky
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machination
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evil design
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macroscopic
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visible to the naked eye
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maelstrom
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whirlpool
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magnanimous
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generous
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magnate
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important person in any field
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maim
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to cripple; to deprive of the use of some part of the body
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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 misued
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malcontent
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one who is dissatisfied
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malediction
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curse
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malefactor
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wrongdoer; villain
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malevolent
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showing ill will or hatred; very dangerous, harmful
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malfeasance
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wrongdoing
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malicious
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spiteful; vengeful
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malign
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to 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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malleable
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capable of being changed; adaptable
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maladorous
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bad-smelling, stinking
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manacle
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handcuff; restraint
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mandarin
influential person
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manifest
evident; obvious
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manifold
many; varied
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manumit
to set free
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maraud
to raid; to plunder
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marquee
a roof-like shelter, such as glass, projecting above an outer door
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martial
warlike
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martinet
a strict disiplinarian
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matrix
a place of origin
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maudlin
excessively sentimental
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mausoleum
a large tomb for many bodies
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maverick
a rebel; a nonconformist
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mawkish
sickeningly sweet; overly sentimental
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maxim
proverb or saying
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megalomania
false impression of one's own greatness; tendency to exaggerate
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melee
a confused hand-to-hand fight
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mellifluous
smoothly flowing; sweet-sounding
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menage
household; domestic establishment
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menagerie
collection of wild or strange animals
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mendacious
lying; false
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mendicant
a beggar
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mercantile
pertaining to merchants; commercial
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mercenary
motivated only by a desire for money
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mete
to distribute in portions
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meteoric
momentarily dazzling; swift
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miasma
pollution; poisonous environment
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microcosm
a miniture world
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mien
manner; bering
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milieu
environment; setting
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minutiae
insignificant details; trivia
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mire
wet, swampy; to involve in difficulites
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mirth
joy; amusement; laughter
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misanthrope
hater of mankind
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misogamy
hatred of marriage
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misogynist
woman-hater
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missive
letter
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mitigate
to make less sever; to become milder
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mnemonic
pertaining to memory
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modish
fashionable; stylish
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mogul
powerful person
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mollify
to pacify; to calm; to appease
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monastic
pertaining to a monk; self-denying
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monograph
a paper, book, etc. written about a single subject
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monolithic
unyielding; unified
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moot
doubtful; debatable
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moratorium
delay; postponement
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mordant
sarcastic; biting
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mores
customs; traditions; morals
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moribund
dying
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motley
diverse; assorted; having different colors
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mountebank
a phony; a fraud, a charlatan
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mulct
to punish with a fine; to obtain money by extortion
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munificent
generous
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muse
to think deeply
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myriad
infinitely vast in number
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myrimidon
an unquestioning follower
