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monotony |
A lack of variety. |
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monsieur |
A French title of respect, equivalent to Mr. and sir. |
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monstrosity |
Anything unnaturally huge or distorted. |
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moonbeam |
A ray of moonlight. |
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morale |
A state of mind with reference to confidence, courage, zeal, and the like. |
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moralist |
A writer on ethics. |
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morality |
Virtue. |
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moralize |
To render virtuous. |
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moratorium |
An emergency legislation authorizing a government suspend some action temporarily. |
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morbid |
Caused by or denoting a diseased or unsound condition of body or mind. |
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mordacious |
Biting or giving to biting. |
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mordant |
Biting. |
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moribund |
On the point of dying. |
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morose |
Gloomy. |
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morphology |
the science of organic forms. |
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motley |
Composed of heterogeneous or inharmonious elements. |
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motto |
An expressive word or pithy sentence enunciating some guiding rule of life, or faith. |
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mountaineer |
One who travels among or climbs mountains for pleasure or exercise. |
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mountainous |
Full of or abounding in mountains. |
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mouthful |
As much as can be or is usually put into the or exercise. |
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muddle |
To confuse or becloud, especially with or as with drink. |
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muffle |
To deaden the sound of, as by wraps. |
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mulatto |
The offspring of a white person and a black person. |
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muleteer |
A mule-driver. |
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multiform |
Having many shapes, or appearances. |
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multiplicity |
the condition of being manifold or very various. |
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mundane |
Worldly, as opposed to spiritual or celestial. |
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municipal |
Of or pertaining to a town or city, or to its corporate or local government. |
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municipality |
A district enjoying municipal government. |
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munificence |
A giving characterized by generous motives and extraordinary liberality. |
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munificent |
Extraordinarily generous. |
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muster |
An assemblage or review of troops for parade or inspection, or for numbering off. |
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mutation |
The act or process of change. |
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mutilate |
To disfigure. |
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mutiny |
Rebellion against lawful or constituted authority. |
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myriad |
A vast indefinite number. |
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mystic |
One who professes direct divine illumination, or relies upon meditation to acquire truth. |
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mystification |
The act of artfully perplexing. |
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myth |
A fictitious narrative presented as historical, but without any basis of fact. |
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mythology |
The whole body of legends cherished by a race concerning gods and heroes. |
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nameless |
Having no fame or reputation. |
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naphtha |
A light, colorless, volatile, inflammable oil used as a solvent, as in manufacture of paints. |
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Narcissus |
The son of the Athenian river-god Cephisus, fabled to have fallen in love with his reflection. |
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narrate |
To tell a story. |
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narration |
The act of recounting the particulars of an event in the order of time or occurrence. |
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narrative |
An orderly continuous account of the successive particulars of an event. |
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narrator |
One who narrates anything. |
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narrow-minded |
Characterized by illiberal views or sentiments. |
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nasal |
Pertaining to the nose. |
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natal |
Pertaining to one's birth. |
