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1 mellifluous (adjective satellite) pleasing to the ear; "the dulcet tones of the cello"

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2 mendacious (adjective satellite) given to lying; "a lying witness"; "a mendacious child"

(adjective satellite) intentionally untrue; "a mendacious statement"

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3 mendacity (noun) the tendency to be untruthful

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4 mendicant (noun) a pauper who lives by begging

(noun) a male member of a religious order that originally relied soley on alms

(adjective satellite) practicing beggary; "mendicant friars"

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5 mercurial (adjective satellite) liable to sudden unpredictable change; "erratic behavior"; "fickle weather"; "mercurial twists of temperament"; "a quicksilver character, cool and willful at one moment, utterly fragile the next"

(adjective) relating to or containing or caused by mercury; "mercurial preparations"; "mercurial sore mouth"

(adjective) relating to or having characteristics (eloquence, shrewdness, swiftness, thievishness) attributed to the god Mercury; "more than Mercurial thievishness"

(adjective) relating to or under the (astrological) influence of the planet Mercury; "the Mercurial canals"

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6 meretricious (adjective satellite) based on pretense; deceptively pleasing; "the gilded and perfumed but inwardly rotten nobility"; "meretricious praise"; "a meretricious argument"

(adjective satellite) tastelessly showy; "a flash car"; "a flashy ring"; "garish colors"; "a gaudy costume"; "loud sport shirts"; "a meretricious yet stylish book"; "tawdry ornaments"

(adjective) like or relating to a prostitute; "meretricious relationships"

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7 mesmerize (verb) induce hypnosis in

(verb) attract strongly, as if with a magnet; "She magnetized the audience with her tricks"

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8 meticulous (adjective satellite) marked by extreme care in treatment of details; "a meticulous craftsman"; "almost worryingly meticulous in his business formalities"

(adjective satellite) marked by precise accordance with details; "was worryingly meticulous about trivial details"; "punctilious in his attention to rules of etiquette"

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9 mettle (noun) the courage to carry on; "he kept fighting on pure spunk"; "you haven't got the heart for baseball"

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10 mettlesome (adjective satellite) willing to face danger

(adjective satellite) having a proud and unbroken spirit

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11 middling (noun) any commodity of intermediate quality or size (especially when coarse particles of ground wheat are mixed with bran)

(adjective satellite) of no exceptional quality or ability; "a novel of average merit"; "only a fair performance of the sonata"; "in fair health"; "the caliber of the students has gone from mediocre to above average"; "the performance was middling at best"

(adverb) to a moderately sufficient extent or degree; "the shoes are priced reasonably"; "he is fairly clever with computers"; "they lived comfortably within reason"

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12 minatory (adjective satellite) threatening or foreshadowing evil or tragic developments; "a baleful look"; "forbidding thunderclouds"; "his tone became menacing"; "ominous rumblings of discontent"; "sinister storm clouds"; "a sinister smile"; "his threatening behavior"; "ugly black clo

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13 mince (noun) food chopped into small bits; "a mince of mushrooms"

(verb) make less severe or harsh; "He moderated his tone when the students burst out in tears"

(verb) cut into small pieces; "mince the garlic"

(verb) walk daintily; "She minced down the street"

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14 misanthrope (noun) someone who dislikes people in general

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15 mischievous (adjective satellite) badly behaved; "he was saucy and mischievous in school"; "a naughty boy"

(adjective satellite) deliberately causing harm or damage; "mischievous rumors and falsehoods"

(adjective satellite) naughtily or annoyingly playful; "teasing and worrying with impish laughter"

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16 miser (noun) a stingy hoarder of money and possessions (often living miserably)

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17 misogynist (noun) a misanthrope who dislikes women in particular

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18 missile (noun) rocket carrying passengers or instruments or a warhead

(noun) a weapon that is thrown or projected

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19 mitigate (verb) make less severe or harsh; "mitigating circumstances"

(verb) lessen or to try to lessen the seriousness or extent of; "The circumstances extenuate the crime"

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20 moderation (noun) the action of lessening in severity or intensity; "the object being control or moderation of economic depressions"

(noun) the trait of avoiding excesses

(noun) quality of being moderate and avoiding extremes

(noun) a change for the better

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21 mollify (verb) make less rigid or softer

(verb) make more temperate, acceptable, or suitable by adding something else; moderate; "she tempered her criticism"

(verb) cause to be more favorably inclined; gain the good will of; "She managed to mollify the angry customer"

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22 molt (noun) periodic shedding of the cuticle in arthropods or the outer skin in reptiles

(verb) cast off hair, skin, horn, or feathers; "out dog sheds every Spring"

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23 morbid (adjective satellite) caused by or altered by or manifesting disease or pathology; "diseased tonsils"; "a morbid growth"; "pathologic tissue"; "pathological bodily processes"

(adjective satellite) suggesting the horror of death and decay; "morbid details"

(adjective satellite) suggesting an unhealthy mental state; "morbid interest in death"; "morbid curiosity"

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24 morose (adjective satellite) showing a brooding ill humor; "a dark scowl"; "the proverbially dour New England Puritan"; "a glum, hopeless shrug"; "he sat in moody silence"; "a morose and unsociable manner"; "a saturnine, almost misanthropic young genius"- Bruce Bliven; "a sour temper

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25 mortuary (noun) a building (or room) where dead bodies are kept before burial or cremation

(adjective) of or relating to a funeral

(adjective) of or relating to or characteristic of death

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26 multifarious (adjective satellite) having many aspects; "a many-sided subject"; "a multifaceted undertaking"; "multifarious interests"; "the multifarious noise of a great city"

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27 mundane (adjective satellite) belonging to this earth or world; not ideal or heavenly; "not a fairy palace; yet a mundane wonder of unimagined kind"; "so terrene a being as himself"

(adjective satellite) found in the ordinary course of events; "a placid everyday scene"; "it was a routine day"; "there's nothing quite like a real...train conductor to add color to a quotidian commute"- Anita Diamant

(adjective satellite) concerned with the world or worldly matters; "mundane affairs"; "he developed an immense terrestrial practicality"

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28 myriad (noun) the cardinal number that is the product of ten and one thousand

(noun) a large indefinite number; "he faced a myriad of details"

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29 nadir (noun) the point below the observer that is directly opposite the zenith on the imaginary sphere against which celestial bodies appear to be projected

(noun) an extreme state of adversity; the lowest point of anything

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30 nascent (adjective satellite) coming into existence; "a nascent republic"

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31 nebulous (adjective satellite) lacking definition or definite content; "nebulous reasons"; "unfixed as were her general notions of what men ought to be"- Jane Austen

(adjective satellite) lacking definite form or limits; "gropes among cloudy issues toward a feeble conclusion"- H.T.Moore; "nebulous distinction between pride and conceit"

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32 negligent (adjective satellite) marked by insufficient care or attention; "a negligent housekeeper"; "negligent about personal cleanliness"

(adjective) characterized by neglect and undue lack of concern; "negligent parents"; "negligent of detail"; "negligent in his correspondence"

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33 neophyte (noun) a new convert being taught the principles of Christianity by a catechist

(noun) any new participant in some activity

(noun) a plant that is found in an area where it had not been recorded previously

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34 nexus (noun) a connected series or group

(noun) the means of connection between things linked in series

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35 nibble (noun) gentle biting

(noun) a small byte

(verb) eat intermittently; take small bites of; "He pieced at the sandwich all morning"; "She never eats a full meal--she just nibbles"

(verb) bite gently; "The woman tenderly nibbled at her baby's ear"

(verb) bite off very small pieces; "She nibbled on her cracker"

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36 nice (noun) a city in southeastern France on the Mediterranean; the leading resort on the French Riviera

(adjective satellite) exhibiting courtesy and politeness; "a nice gesture"

(adjective satellite) noting distinctions with nicety; "a discriminating interior designer"; "a nice sense of color"; "a nice point in the argument"

(adjective satellite) excessively fastidious and easily disgusted; "too nice about his food to take to camp cooking"; "so squeamish he would only touch the toilet handle with his elbow"

(adjective) pleasant or pleasing or agreeable in nature or appearance; "what a nice fellow you are and we all thought you so nasty"- George Meredith; "nice manners"; "a nice dress"; "a nice face"; "a nice day"; "had a nice time at the party"; "the corn and tomatoes a

(adjective satellite) done with delicacy and skill; "a nice bit of craft"; "a job requiring nice measurements with a micrometer"; "a nice shot"

(adjective satellite) socially or conventionally correct; refined or virtuous; "from a decent family"; "a nice girl"

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37 noisome (adjective satellite) offensively malodorous; "a putrid smell"

(adjective satellite) causing or able to cause nausea; "a nauseating smell"; "nauseous offal"; "a sickening stench"

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38 nonchalant (adjective satellite) marked by blithe unconcern; "an ability to interest casual students"; "showed a casual disregard for cold weather"; "an utterly insouciant financial policy"; "an elegantly insouciant manner"; "drove his car with nonchalant abandon"; "was polite in a teasi

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39 nonplussed (adjective satellite) filled with bewilderment; "at a loss to understand those remarks"; "puzzled that she left without saying goodbye"

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40 nostrum (noun) patent medicine whose efficacy is questionable

(noun) hypothetical remedy for all ills or diseases; once sought by the alchemists

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41 notion (noun) (usually plural) small personal articles or clothing or sewing items; "buttons and needles are notions"

(noun) a general inclusive concept

(noun) a vague idea in which some confidence is placed; "his impression of her was favorable"; "what are your feelings about the crisis?"; "it strengthened my belief in his sincerity"; "I had a feeling that she was lying"

(noun) an odd or fanciful or capricious idea; "the theatrical notion of disguise is associated with disaster in his stories"; "he had a whimsy about flying to the moon"; "whimsy can be humorous to someone with time to enjoy it"

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42 noxious (adjective) injurious to physical or mental health; "noxious chemical wastes"; "noxious ideas"

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43 nullify (verb) make ineffective by counterbalancing the effect of; "Her optimism neutralizes his gloom"; "This action will negate the effect of my efforts"

(verb) show to be invalid

(verb) declare invalid; "The contract was annulled"; "void a plea"

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44 numb (verb) make numb or insensitive; "The shock numbed her senses"

(adjective satellite) so frightened as to be unable to move; stunned or paralyzed with terror; "petrified with fear"; "she was petrified by the eerie sound"; "too numb with fear to move"

(adjective satellite) lacking sensation; "my foot is asleep"; "numb with cold"

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45 numbness (noun) partial or total lack of sensation in a part of the body; a symptom of nerve damage or dysfunction

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46 obdurate (adjective satellite) showing unfeeling resistance to tender feelings; "the child's misery would move even the most obdurate heart"

(adjective satellite) stubbornly persistent in wrongdoing

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47 obfuscate (verb) make obscure or unclear

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48 oblivious (adjective satellite) failing to keep in mind; "forgetful of her responsibilities"; "oblivious old age"

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49 obloquy (noun) a malicious attack

(noun) state of disgrace resulting from public abuse

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50 obsequious (adjective satellite) attentive in an ingratiating or servile manner; "obsequious shop assistants"

(adjective satellite) attempting to win favor from influential people by flattery

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