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Vocab: M's (pg. 80)
Vocab: M's (pg. 80)
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11th Grade
07/14/2009
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macabre
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gruesome
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machination
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evil design
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macroscopic
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visible to the naked eye
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maelstrom
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whirlpool
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magnanimous
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generous
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magnate
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important person
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maim
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to cripple
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maladroit
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clumsy or unskillfull
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malady
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disease
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malaise
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uneasiness
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malapropism
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word humorously misused
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malediction
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a curse
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malefactor
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villain
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malevolant
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harmful
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malfeasance
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wrongdoing
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malicious
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spiteful
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malign
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to speak badly about
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malignant
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evil
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malingerer
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one who pretends to be ill to avoid work
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malleable
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adaptable
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manacle
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handcuff
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mandarin
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influential person
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mandate
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an order
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manifest
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obvious
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manifold
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many
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manipulate
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to handle with skill; to influence a person
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manumit
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to set free
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maraud
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to raid
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maritime
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pertaining to the ocean
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marquee
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a canopy over an entrance
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marred
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damaged; ruined
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martial
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warlike
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martinet
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a strict disciplinarian
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masochist
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one who enjoys his own pain
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masticate
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to chew
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matriarchy
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a society in which the mother is the head of the family
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matrix
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a place of origin
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maudlin
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very sentimental
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maul
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to injure
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mausoleum
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large tomb
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maverick
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a nonconformist
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mawkish
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overly sentimental
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maxim
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a proverb or saying
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meager
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inadequate; of poor quality
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mean
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nasty or offensive; inferior or low; an average
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meander
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to wander aimlessly
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mediate
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to settle a dispute
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meditate
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to think deeply
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medley
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a mixture
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