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marshal |
put in order;guide ceremoniously to the correct place |
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enlist |
(cause to ) join the armed forces;obtain (help,sympathy,support) |
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marsupial |
one of a family of mammals that nurse their offspring in a pouch |
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martial |
warlike;of war |
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martinet |
strict disciplinarian;person who demands total obedience to rules and orders |
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martyr |
one who voluntarily suffers death for his or her religion or cause;great sufferer |
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masochist |
person who enjoys his own pain |
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masticate |
chew |
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matriarch |
woman who rules a family or larger social group |
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matriculate |
enroll (school) |
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matrix |
point of origin;array of numbers/algebraic symbols;mold or die |
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maudlin |
effusively sentimental |
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maul |
handle roughly;batter;injure by beating |
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mauve |
pale purple |
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maverick |
rebel;nonconformist |
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mawkish |
sentimental/mushy;excessively sentimental |
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mayhem |
injury to body;crime of willfully maiming/crippling a person;violent disorder |
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meager |
scanty;inadequate |
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mealymouthed |
indirect in speech;hypocritical;evasive |
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mediate |
settle a dispute through outsider |
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intermediary |
intermediate;acting as a mediator |
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medium |
element that is a creature's natural environment;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;mental disorder characterized by delusions of wealth,power, or importance |
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mellifluous |
(of words/voice) sweetly or smoothly flowing;melodious;having pleasant tune |
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memento |
token;reminder of the past;keepsake |
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memorialize |
commemorate |
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menagerie |
collection of wild animals on exhibition;zoo |
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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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mercantile |
concerning trade/merchants |
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mercurial |
capricious;quick and changing;fickle |
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quicksilver |
mercury |
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meretricious |
flashy;tawdry;attractive on surface but of no real value |
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vulgar |
of the common people;not refined;coarse |
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merger |
combination;act of merging |
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metallurgical |
of the art of removing metals from ores |
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metamorphosis |
change of form |
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metaphysical |
pertaining to speculative philosophy;of metaphysics |
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mete |
measure;distribute;administer |
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meteoric |
like a meteor;swift;momentarily brilliant |
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methodical |
systematic |
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meticulous |
excessively careful |
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mettle |
courage;spirit |
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miasma |
swamp gas;heavy vaporous atmosphere from decaying matter;pervasive corrupting influence |
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microcosm |
mini world |
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milieu |
social environment |
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