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30 PrimaryField=1 SecondaryField=2 GroupField=3 TagField=4 [DATA] word definition part of speech high-frequency mausoleum monumental tomb noun mauve pale purple adjective maverick rebel; nonconformist noun mawkish sickening; insipid adjective maxim proverb; a truth pithily stated noun mayhem an injury to body noun meager scantly; inadequate adjective * meander to wind or turn in its course verb meddlesome interfering adjective mediate settle a dispute through the services of an outsider verb mediocre ordinary; commonplace adjective meditation reflection; thought noun medley mixture noun megalomania mania for doing grandiose things noun melange medley; miscellany noun melee fight noun mellifluous flowing smoothly; smooth adjective memento token reminder noun memorialize commemorate verb mendacious lying; false adjective mendicant beggar noun menial suitable for servants; low adjective mentor teacher noun mercantile concerning trade adjective mercenary interested in money or gain adjective mercurial fickle; changing adjective meretricious flashy; tawdry adjective merger combination (of two business corporations) noun mesa high, flat-topped hill noun mesmerize hypnotize verb metallurgical pertaining to the art of removing metals from ores e metamorphosis change of form noun metaphor implied comparison noun metaphysical pertaining to speculative philosophy adjective mete measure; distribute verb methodological systematic adjective * meticulous excessively careful adjective * metropolis large city noun mettle courage; spirit noun miasma swamp gas; odor of decaying matter noun microcosm small world noun mien demeanor; bearing noun migrant changing its habitat; wandering adjective migratory wandering adjective milieu environment; means of expression noun militant combative; bellicose adjective militate work against verb millennium thousand-year period noun mimicry imitation noun minaret slender tower attached to a mosque noun

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mincing affectedly dainty adjective mignon a servile dependent noun minuscule extremely small adjective minute extremely small adjective minutiae petty details noun mirage unreal reflection; optical illusion noun mire entangle; stick in swampy ground verb mirth merriment; laughter noun misadventure mischance; ill luck noun misanthrope one who hates mankind noun misapprehenison error; misunderstanding noun miscegenation intermarriage between races noun miscellany mixture of writings on various subjects noun mischance ill luck noun misconstrue interpret incorrectly; misjudge verb * miscreant wretch; villain noun misdemeanor minor crime noun miserly stingy; mean adjective * misgivings doubts noun mishap accident noun misnomer wrong name; incorrect designation noun