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malevolent |
adjective; having or exhibiting ill will, wishing harm to others, malicious / having an evil or harmful influence |
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malleable |
adjective; capable of being shaped, as by hammering; easily controlled or influenced, tractable; able to adjust to changing circumstances, adaptable |
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maunder |
verb; to talk inchoerently or aimlessly; to move or act aimlessly or vaguely; wander |
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mendicant |
adjective; depending on alms for a living, practicing begging / noun; a beggar; a member of an order of friars forbidded to won property in common who whork or beg for their living |
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mercurial |
adjective; of or relating to mercury, quick & changeable in temperance, volatile / noun; a pharmcological or chemical preparation containing mercury |
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mince |
verb; to cut or chop into very small pieces; to subdivide into minute parts; to pronounce in an affected way, as with refinement; to moderate or restrain (words) for the sake of politness, euphemize; to walk with very short steps or with exaggerated primness, to speak in an affected way |
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misanthrope |
noun; one who hates or mistrusts humankind |
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mitigate |
verb; to moderate (a quality or condition) in force or intensity; alleviate, to become milder |
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multifarious |
adjective; having great variety; diverse |
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mundane |
adjective; of, relating to, or typical of this world, secualr; relating to, characteristic or, or concerned with common places, ordinary |
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nefarious |
adjective; infamous by way of being extremely wicked |
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nihilism |
noun; an extreme form of skepticism that denies all existence, a doctrine holding that all values are baseless and that nothing can be known or communicated; rejection of all distinctions in moral or religious value and a willingness to repudiate all previous theories of morality or religious belief |
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normative |
adjective; of, realting to, or prescribing a norm or standard |
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noxious |
adjective; harmful to living things; injurious to health; harmful to the mind or morals; corrupting |
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numinous |
adjective; of or relating to a numen, supernatural; filled with or characterized by a sense of a supernatural presence, spiritually elevated sublime |
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obdurate |
adjective; hardened in wrongdoing or wickedness, stubbornly impenient, hardened against feeling, hardhearted, not giving in to persuasion, intractable |
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obtuse |
adjective; lacking quickness of perception or intellect, characterized by a lack of intelligence or senstivity; not sharp, pointed or acute inform, blunt |
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occlude |
verb; to cause to become closed; to obstruct; to prevent the passage of; to absorb or adsorb & retain (a substance); to force air upward, as when a cold front overtakes & undercuts a warm front |
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opprobrium |
non; disgracing arising from exceeding shameful conduct; ignominy / scornful approach or contempt; a cause of shame or disgrace |
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ostensible |
adjective; represented or appearing as such; professed |
