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Unit 22
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English
10th Grade
01/16/2012

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Misnomer
Definition
n. an incorrect or inappropriate name
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Marshal
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v./n. To assemble together for the purpose of doing something; also and officer in the US military
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Martyr
Definition
n. Someone willing to sacrifice and even give his own life for a cause; also, one who pretend suffering to gain sympathy
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Masticate
Definition
v. to chew
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Melancholy
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n. depression of spirits, gloomy; weary
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Menagerie
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n. a collection of live wild animals on exhibit
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Migratory
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adj. roving, wandering, nomadic
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Milieu
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n. environment or surroundings
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Mirage
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n. unreal reflection; an optical illusion
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Misanthropy
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n. someone who hates mankind
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Mode
Definition
n. a way or method of doing something; type, manner, fashion
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Mores
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n. customary cultural standard; moral attitudes, manners, habits
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Muse
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v. to ponder; meditate; think about at length
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Muster
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v./n. to collect or gather; the act of inspection or critical examination
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Myriad
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n. an extremely large number
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Nepotism
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n. favors shown by those in high positions to relatives and friends
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Noisome
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adj. stinking; offensive; disgusting
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Noxious
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adj. physically or mentally destructive, or harmful to human beings
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Oblique
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adj at an angle neither perpendicular or parallel; indirect or evasive
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Obtuse
Definition
adj. lacking intelligence, difficult to comprehend; not quick or alert in perception or feeling
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