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| megalomania | exaggeration of one’s own greatness
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| melancholy | depressed
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| melee | noisy fight
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| mellifluous | sweet-sounding
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| melodramatic | overly emotional
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| menace | a threat
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| ménage | household
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| menagerie | collection of animals
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| mendacious | lying
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| mendicant | a beggar
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| menial | degrading
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| mentor | advisor or coach
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| mercantile | pertaining to merchants
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| mercenary | acts only for money
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| mercurial | unpredictably
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| meretricious | gaudy or showy
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| merger | a joining together
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| mesmerize | hypnotize
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| metamorphosis | a transformation
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| metaphor | comparison
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| metaphysics | beyond what is natural
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| mete | to distribute
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| meteoric | swift rise
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| meticulous | extremely careful
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| metropolis | large city
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| mettle | courage
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| miasma | pollution
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| microcosm | a little world
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| mien | manner
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| milieu | environment; setting
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| militant | ready and willing to fight
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| millennium | a thousand years
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| mimic | to imitate
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| minion | a devoted follower
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| minute | unit of time; or small and insignificant
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| mire | swampy ground; to sink down
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| mirth | joy or laughter
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| misanthrope | hater of mankind
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| misapprehension | a misunderstanding
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| miscegenation | mixture of races
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| mischance | unlucky accident; bad luck
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| misconstrue | misinterpret
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| miscreant | a vicious person
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| misdemeanor | a less serious crime
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| miser | one who hoards (money) excessively
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| misgiving | doubt; suspicion
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| misnomer | an error in name
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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 severe
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| mnemonic | pertaining to memory
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| mock | to ridicule or insult
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| modicum | a small amount
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| modish | stylish
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| modulate | to tone down
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| mogul | powerful person
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| mollify | to calm or appease
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| molt | to shed
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| momentous | very important
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| monarchy | one ruler
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| monastic | self-denying
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| monitor | one who watches
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| monograph | written about a single subject
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| monolithic | unified or solid
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| monologue | speech by one person
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| monotheism | belief in one god
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| monotonous | boring; without variety
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| monumental | important
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| moot | debatable or having no significance
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| moratorium | delay
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| morbid | depressing
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| mordant | sarcastic
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| mores | customs or traditions
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| moribund | dying
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| morose | gloomy
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| mortal | destined to die
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| mortify | to embarrass or humiliate
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| motif | central idea
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| motley | assorted or different colors
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| mottled | spotted
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| mountebank | a fraud
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| muddle | to confuse
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| mulct | a fine or to defraud
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| mull | (over) think about
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| multifarious | having many parts
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| mundane | worldly
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| munificent | generous
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| murky | unclear; gloomy
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| muse | to think deeply
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