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minnow |
n. small freshwater fish from the Cyprinidae family; someone or something that is considered insignificant |
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minuet |
n. slow and stately dance in triple meter (French); music for this dance 小步舞, 小步舞曲 |
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minuscule |
minuscule:letter=minnow:fish minuscule◇lengthy document |
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minute |
v. record the proceedings of a meeting; make a memorandum agenda·minutes=itenerary·log minute ◆ gargantuan |
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minutely |
adv. meticulously, exactingly, scrupulously, diligently, thoroughly, in detail |
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minutiae |
n. trivial details, insignificant matters (also minutia) |
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mirage |
n. trick of eyesight, optical illusion, deceptive vision |
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mire |
v. muddy; become stuck in mud; become involved in difficulties, get in trouble |
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mirth |
n. happiness, jolliness, merriness, gaiety |
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misanthrope |
n. one who hates human beings, person who avoids human society |
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misanthropy |
n. hatred of other human beings, hatred of all other creatures |
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misapprehension |
n. failed understanding, improper understanding |
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mischievous |
adj. naughty, teasing; harmful, destructive; playfully annoying, vexing |
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misconstrue |
v. misinterpret, misunderstand |
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miscreant |
n. rascal, villain; one who holds a false or unorthodox religious belief |
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misdeed |
n. bad deed, criminal act |
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miser |
n. person who is overly frugal, penny pincher, cheapskate, scrooge, one who is stingy with money and is miserable |
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misery |
n. distress, wretchedness, sorrow, suffering, poverty |
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misgiving |
n. apprehension, worry, doubt, hesitation, reservation misgiving◇certainty |
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misnomer |
n. inappropriate name; use of a wrong name |
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misrepresent |
v. represent unfairly; describe in a distorted manner |
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misshapen |
adj. poorly shaped, deformed |
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mitigant |
a. Tending to mitigate; mitigating; lentitive. |
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mitigate |
to make less severe or painful:ALLEVIATE |
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mitigation |
n. act of mitigating; appeasement, relaxation; |
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mitten |
n. hand covering for use in cold weather with one section for the fingers and one section for the thumb |
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moan |
v. release of a groan or sigh; make a noise like a moan |
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moat |
n. protective body of water surrounding a town or fortress, wide trench filled with water that surrounds a castle |
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mockery |
n. insulting speech, jeering; mimicry; ridicule; occasion of derision; poor or offensive imitation |
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moderate |
v. make temperate; reduce the intensity of, soften; appease, simplify; make less excessive; become temperate; become less severe; preside over a meeting or ceremony, mediate, act as moderator |
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moderation |
n. temperance, quality of being moderate; instance of being moderated |
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modest |
adj. humble, unpretentious, unassuming; moderate; simple, limited; decent or appropriate in thought or dress; not provocatively dressed |
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modicum |
n. bit, iota, morsel, a small portion: |
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modish |
adj. stylish, fashionable |
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modulate |
v. regulate, control; adjust; vary the frequency (Electronics); change from one key to another (Music) |
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mogul |
n. important or influential person; mound or a bump on a ski slope (Sports) |
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mold |
v. fashion, shape; shape or form in a mold; become moldy, mildew; determine the nature of; ornament with molding, trim with edging; influence the character of (also mould) |
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molding |
n. a decorative plane or curved strip used for ornamentation or finishing |
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moldy |
adj. mildewy, overgrown with mold, musty with age or decay (also mouldy) |
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mollification |
n. relief, pacification, calming, alleviation |
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mollify |
v. calm, soften, pacify, relieve |
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mollycoddle |
v. spoil, pamper n. boy or man that is used to being spoiled or pampered |
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molt |
v. shed periodically (horn, skin, feathers, etc.) to make way for new growth |
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momentous |
adj. important, significant, of great consequence, weighty |
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monadic |
adj. of a monad, of or pertaining to the simplest indivisible unit (Biology, Chemistry, Philosophy) |
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monarch |
n. hereditary sovereign, sole ruler, king, queen; orange and black migratory butterfly (Zoology) |
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monastery |
n. community of monks, residence of a community of monks |
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monetary |
adj. pertaining to money, fiscal |
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mongrel |
adj. hybridized, cross-bred (Botany, Zoology) |
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monocle |
n. eye-piece, single-lens optical piece (Ophthalmology) |
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monolithic |
adj. of a monolith, pertaining to a great stone or stone column |
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monologue |
n. speech given by only one speaker |
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monomania |
n. obsession with one thing |
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monopolization |
n. state of being monopolized; process of gaining single ownership; exercising exclusive control of a commodity or service in a particular market (also monopolisation) |
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monopoly |
n. exclusive control of a commodity or service in a particular market; total access or privilege to the exclusion of competitors |
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monotonous |
adj. lacking in variety, repetitive |
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monotony |
n. something that lacks in variety, something repetitive |
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moralistic |
adj. of a moralist; characterized by ethical values; virtuous |
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moratorium |
n. legally authorized delay in the payment of money due; abandonment of debts; temporary cessation of an activity (especially when dangerous or harmful) |
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morbid |
adj. depressed, sad; depressing; gruesome, repugnant; sickly, afflicted; of or pertaining to disease |
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morbidity |
n. unhealthiness; state of being diseased; gloominess, depression; state of being gruesome or repugnant |
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mordant |
n. coloring agent; acid, corrosive liquid used in etching; adhesive agent adj. sharp, biting, sarcastic; pungent; incisive, shrewd; corrosive |
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moribund |
adj. dying, expiring, near death; not thriving or advancing, stagnant |
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morose |
adj. sad, gloomy, irritable, bitter |
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moroseness |
n. sullenness; gloominess; irritability |
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mortality |
n. state of having a limited life span; rate of death |
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mortar |
v. cement, build or fix with mortar; shoot cannon, attack with mortars n. cement; grinding vessel; cannon-like device which fires bombs at a high trajectory |
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mortgage |
n. conditional conveyance of property as for security on a loan; pledging, lien |
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mortification |
n. decay of a dead body or body part, putrefaction (Pathology); humiliation; suppression of fleshly desires for spiritual discipline |
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mortify |
v. shame, humiliate; get gangrene; suppress fleshly desires for spiritual discipline |
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mortuary |
n. morgue; funeral home adj. of or pertaining to death or burial, of funerals |
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mosaic |
n. design made with small stones or tiles; creation of mosaics; combination of different parts to make a whole; plant disease causing mosaic-like discoloration of the leaves (Botany) |
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motility |
n. mobility, capacity to move |
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movement |
musical piece |
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mow |
v. cut down hay or a similar crop, trim grass; destroy or kill without purpose or in great numbers n. pile of hay; part of the barn where hay is stored, hay loft |
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muddle |
v. confuse; mess up; soil; disturb; cause disorder; struggle through, push on n. mess, disorganization; confusion |
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muffled |
adj. (of sound) silenced, diminished by the presence of insulating material; wrapped in a cloak, covered v. silence or lessen a sound; cover, wrap; cover oneself, wrap oneself |
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mulch |
v. spread leaves or straw around plants to prevent water loss or freezing of roots |
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multifaceted |
adj. having many aspects, of many facets; complex |
