Mausoleum - Misnomer
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| Mausoleum | monumental tomb
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| Mauve | pale purple
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| Maverick | rebel; nonconformist
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| Mawkish | mushy and gushy; icky*sticky sentimental; maudlin
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| Maxim | proverb; a truth pithily stated
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| Mayhem | injury to body
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| Meager | scanty; inadequate
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| Mealymouthed | indirect in speech; hypocritical; evasive
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| Meander | to wind or turn in its course
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| Meddlesome | interfering
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| Mediate | to settle a dispute through the services of an outsider
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| Mediocre | ordinary; commonplace
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| Meditation | reflection; thought
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| Medium | an element that is a creature’s natural environment; nutrient setting in which microorganisms are cultivated
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| Medium | an appropriate occupation or means of expression; channel of communication; compromise
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| Medley | mixture
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| Meek | submissive; patient and long-suffering
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| Megalomania | mania for doing grandiose things
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| Melancholy | gloomy; morose; blue
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| Melee | fight
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| Mellifluous | sweetly or smoothly flowing; melodious
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| Memento | token; reminder
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| Memorialize | to commemorate
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| Menagerie | collection of wild animals
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| Mendacious | lying; habitually dishonest
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| Mendicant | beggar
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| Menial | suitable for servants; lowly; mean
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| Mentor | counselor; teacher
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| Mercantile | concerning trade
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| Mercenary | motivated solely by money or gain
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| Mercurial | capricious; changing; fickle
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| Meretricious | flashy; tawdry
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| Merger | combination (of two business corporations)
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| Mesmerize | to hypnotize
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| Metallurgical | pertaining to the art of removing metals from ores
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| Metamorphosis | change of form
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| Metaphor | implied comparison
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| Metaphysical | pertaining to speculative philosophy
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| Mete | to measure; distribute
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| Meteoric | swift; momentarily brilliant
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| Methodical | systematic
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| Meticulous | excessively careful; painstaking; scrupulous
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| Metropolis | large city
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| Mettle | courage; spirit
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| Miasma | swamp gas; heavy, vaporous atmosphere
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| Microcosm | small world; the world in miniature
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| Migrant | changing its habitat; wandering
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| Migratory | wandering
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| Milieu | environment; means of expression
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| Militant | combative; bellicose
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| Militate | to work against
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| Millennium | thousand-year period; period of happiness and prosperity
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| Mimicry | imitation
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| Minatory | menacing; threatening
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| Mincing | to walk or move with short, affectedly dainty steps
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| Minion | a servile dependent
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| Minuscule | extremely small
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| Minute | extremely small
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| Minutiae | petty details
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| Mirage | unreal reflection; optical illusion
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| Mire | to entangle; to stick in swampy ground
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| Mirth | merriment; laughter
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| Misadventure | mischance; ill luck
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| Misanthrope | one who hates mankind
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| Misapprehension | error; misunderstanding
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| Miscallany | mixture of writings on various subjects
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| Mischance | ill luck (synonym: misadventure)
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| Misconstrue | to interpret incorrectly; misjudge
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| Miscreant | wretch; villain
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| Misdemeanor | minor crime
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| Miserly | stingy; mean
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| Misgivings | doubts
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| Mishap | accident
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| Misnomer | wrong name; incorrect designation
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