 | Term | Definition |
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Macbre |
suggesting the horror of death and decay; gruesome |
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Maestro |
a master in any art |
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Magna Cum Laude |
with great distinction |
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Magnanimous |
generous in forgiving; courageously noble |
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Magnum Opus |
a creator's big word, e.g. a great musical or novel |
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Maladroit |
clumsy |
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Malediction |
an evil saying |
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Malefaction |
a crime |
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Malefactor |
an evil door, a wrongdoer |
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Maleficent |
causing harm, evil |
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Malevolent |
wishing harm, having evil in mind |
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Malfeasance |
a crime or other wrongdoing |
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Malign |
to slander; defame, vilify; to maliciously lie about someone |
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Malignant |
bad, deadly (as a cancer) |
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Mandate |
an official order |
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Masticate |
to chew |
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Matriarchy |
rule by the mother (opp. of patriarchy) |
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Maudlin |
weakly or tearfully sentimental |
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Meditative |
implies earnest, sustained thought; reflective |
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Melange |
a potpurri or mixture, a combination |
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Mellifluous |
sweetly flowing (usually appied figuratively to sounds or voices) |
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Mendacious |
untruthful; misleading; false |
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Mendicant |
a beggar |
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Mercurial |
capricious; subject to rapid and unpredictable mood changes |
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Metamorphosis |
a change in form |
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Metaphor |
a comparison without using like or as |
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Metonymy |
using the name of one thing for another associated with it |
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Miasma |
poisonous atmospere, deathlike pollution |
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Minion |
a servile follow |
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Minutiae |
petty details |
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Mirth |
hilarity; good humor and joy |
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Misandry |
hatred of males |
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Misanthrope |
hatred of humans |
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Miscreant |
a villain, scoundrel, evildoer; an infidel, heretic |
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Misnomer |
an error n a name or definition |
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Misogamy |
hatred of marriage |
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Misogyny |
hatred of women |
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Missive |
a letter |
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Moiety |
a portion of something, usually a half |
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Mollify |
to soothe or pacify |
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Monophobia |
the fear of being alone |
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Mordant |
bitterly sarcastic |
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Mundane |
common, ordinary (of the world) |
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Munificent |
generous, lavish |
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Muse |
to think about, to ponder |
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Musicale |
a party with music |
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Myopic |
nearsighted |
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Nadir |
the lowest point |
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Nascent |
just beginning to appear; incipient |
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Nebulous |
vague, ambiguous, unclear |
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Nefarious |
infamous by way of being extremely wicked |
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Nexus |
a bond or connection |
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Niche |
a recess in the wall |
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Noisome |
full of a bad smell; fetid |
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Nom de plume |
a pen name used by authors |
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Non-entity |
a person or thing of no importance |
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Noxious |
harmful to health; harmful to morals; corrupting |
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Nullify |
to make void |
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Nurture |
to promote the development of; to take care of, tend well |
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Obdurate |
stubborn, inflexible, unyielding, intractable |
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Obloquy |
a speech against something |
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Obscure |
difficult to understand; hazy; unclear |
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Obsessive |
overly preoccupied with or dominated by something |
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Obstreperous |
stubbornly resistant to control; unruly |
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Obtuse |
stupid, silly |
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Occident |
the West, America and Europe |
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Odious |
hateful, abhorrent, offensive, detestable |
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Odoriferous |
producing an odor |
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