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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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