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Mr Smith's M Vocab
50 M Vocab Words
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11th Grade
01/22/2014

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mundane
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adj; common; ordinary bordering on boring
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maverick
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n; rebel; nonconformist
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misogynist
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n; one who dislikes, hates or mistrusts women
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macabre
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adj; gruesome and horrifying
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morose
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adj; gloomy
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maelstrom
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n; a disordered state of affairs
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mitigate
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v; to appease
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mea culpe
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n; a formal acknowledgement of personal fault or error
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meliorism
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n; the belief that the improvement of society depends on human effort
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myopic
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adj; lacking foresight
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megalomania
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n; obsession for doing grandiose things
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manifesto
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n; a written statement publicly declaring the intentions of its issuer
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melee
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n; a fight
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malapropism
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n; comic misuse of a word
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miscreant
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n; a vicious or depraved person; a villain
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metamorphosis
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n; a complete change in form
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marred
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adj; damaged; disfigured
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mercurial
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adj; fickle
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mellifluous
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adj; having a smooth, rich flow
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malevolent
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adj; showing ill-will; wishing evil or harm on others
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molt
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v; to shed or cast off
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maladroit
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adj; awkward or clumsy
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martinet
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n; strict disciplinarian
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malinger
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v; to fake illness or incapacity to avoid something
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malleable
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adj; able to bend; flexible
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moot
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adj; debatable; doubtful
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meticulous
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adj; taking or showing extreme care
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manifest
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v; to make clear or evident to the understanding or eye
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maquette
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n; a small model of an intended work
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magnate
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n; a person of great influence
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microcosm
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n; a little world
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mogul
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n; a very powerful person
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metropolis
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n; any large, busy city
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martial
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adj; readiness or eagerness for war; war-like
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metier
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n; one's specialty
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malady
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n; a disordering disease
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myriad
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n; an indefinitely great number
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Machiavellian
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adj; crafty, deceptive
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munificent
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adj; very generous
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majordomo
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n; a person who speaks, makes arguments, or takes charge for another
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monolith
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n; something having a uniform, massive, or inflexible quality or character
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multiplicity
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n; a large number
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minutia
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n; small or trivial detail
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misanthropic
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adj; antisocial, unfriendly or surly
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menagerie
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n; a collection of wild or strange animals; a zoo-like collection
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minion
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n; a servant or lackey
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mendacity
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n; a lie or falsehood
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misnomer
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n; a misapplied name
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magnanimous
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adj; generous
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maxim
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n; a proverb; a truth concisely stated
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