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Undergraduate 3
03/30/2008
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missive
 Definition
letter
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mite
 Definition
small object or creature
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mitigate*
 Definition

appease;moderate..

eg.Nothing Jason did could mitigate her anger

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mnemonic
 Definition
pertaining to memory
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modicum
 Definition
limited quantity
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mogul
 Definition
powerful person
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mollify*
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soothe
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mollycoddle
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pamper
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molt
 Definition
shed off hair
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monastic
 Definition
removed from worldly concerns;monk like life
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moratorium
 Definition
legal delay of payment
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morbid
 Definition
having a strong interest in sad or unpleasant things
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mordant
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biting ;sarcastic;stinging

eg..actors feared critics mordant pen

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mores
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conventions ;moral standards
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moribund
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dying
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morose*
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unhappy;sullen
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mortician
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undertaker
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mortify
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humiliate
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mote
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small speck
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motif
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theme
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motility
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ability to move spontaneously
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motley
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multicolored;mixed
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mottled
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spotted
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mountebank
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boastful pretender
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muggy
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warm and damp
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mulct
 Definition
defraud a person of something
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multifarious
 Definition
varied greatly diversified
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munificent
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very generous
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mural
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wall painting
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musty
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spoiled by age
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mutability
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ability to change in form
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mutilate
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maim
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nadir
 Definition
lowest point
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narcissist
 Definition
person who admires himself too much
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nascent
 Definition
begining to exist
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