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Gruber Vocab- M
Most of the Ms
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04/06/2012
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Machiavellian
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deceiful; tricky
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machination
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evil design
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magnanimous
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genreous
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maladroit
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clumsy; unskillful; awkward
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malapropism
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word humorously misused
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malediction
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cure
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malevolent
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showing ill will or hatred; very dangerious, harmful
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malign
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to speak badly of
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malingerer
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one who pretends to be sick to avoid work
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mandarin
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influential person
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manifold
 Definition
many; varied
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manumit
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to set free
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martinet
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a stict disciplinarian
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matrix
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a place of origin
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maudlin
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excessively sentimental
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megalomania
 Definition
false impression of one's own greatness; tendencey to over exaggerate
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mellifluous
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smoothly flowing; sweet-sounding
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menage
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household; domestic estbalishment
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mendacious
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lying; false
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mendicant
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a beggar
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mercurial
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changebale; fickel; erratic
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meretricious
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gaudy; showy; attractive in a cheap flashy way
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mete
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to distribute in portions
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mawkish
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sickeningly swee; iverly sentimental
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milieu
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enviroment; setting
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mien
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manner; bearing
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miasma
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pollution; poisonous enviroment
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meteoric
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momentarily dazzling; swift
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misanthrope
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hater of mankind
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miscegenation
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mixture of rces, espically through marriage
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misnomer
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an error in listing the name of a person
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misogamy
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haterd of marriage
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misogynist
 Definition
hater of women
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missive
 Definition
letter
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mnemonic
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pertaining to memory
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modish
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fashionable; stylish
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monograph
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a paper book etc written about a single subject
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monolithic
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unyielding; unified
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moot
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doubtful;debatable
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mordant
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sarcastic; biting
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mores
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customs; traditions; morals
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moribund
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dying
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mountebank
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a phony a fraud a charlatan
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mulct
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to punish with a fine; to obtain money by extortion
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multifarious
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varied having many parts
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munificent
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generous
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myrmidon
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an unquestioning follower
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mollify
 Definition
to pacify; to calm; to appose
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