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29 PrimaryField=1 SecondaryField=2 GroupField=3 TagField=4 [DATA] word definition part of speech high-frequency lucid easily understood adjective * lucrative profitable adjective lucre money noun ludicrous laughable; trifling adjective lugubrious mournful adjective lull moment of calm noun lumber move heavily or clumsily verb luminary celebrity; dignitary noun luminous shining; issuing light adjective lunar pertaining to the moon adjective lurid wild; sensational adjective luscious pleasing to taste or smell adjective luster shine; gloss noun lustrous shining adjective luxuriant fertile; abundant; ornate adjective macabre gruesome; grisly adjective Machiavellian crafty; double-dealing adjective machinations schemes noun madrigal pastoral song noun maelstrom whirlpool noun magnanimous generous adjective * magnate person of prominence or influence noun magniloquent boastful; pompous adjective magnitude greatness; extent noun maim mutilate; injure verb maladroit clumsy; bungling adjective malaise uneasiness; distress noun malapropism comic misuse of a word noun malcontent person dissatisfied with existing state of affairs malediction curse noun malefactor criminal noun malevolent wishing evil adjective malicious dictated by hatred or spite adjective malign speak evil of; defame verb malignant having an evil influence; virulent adjective malingerer one who feigns illness to escape duty noun mall public walk noun malleable capable of being shaped by pounding adjective malodorous foul-smelling adjective mammal a vertebrate animal whose female suckles its young noun mammoth gigantic adjective manacle restrain; handcuff verb mandate order; charge noun mandatory obligatory adjective mangy shabby; wretched adjective maniacal raving mad adjective manifest understandable; clear adjective manifesto declaration; statement of policy noun manifold numerous; varied adjective manipulate operate with hands verb manumit emancipate; free from bondage verb

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marital pertaining to marriage adjective maritime bordering on the sea; nautical adjective marred damaged; disfigured adjective * marrow soft tissue filling the bones noun marshal put in order verb marsupial one of a family of mammals that nurse their offspring in a pouch noun martial warlike adjective martinet strict disciplinarian noun masochist person who enjoys his own pain noun masticate chew verb materialism preoccupation with physical comforts and things noun maternal motherly adjective matriarch woman who rules a family or larger social group noun matricide murder of a mother by a child noun matrix mold or die noun maudlin effusively sentimental adjective maul handle roughly verb