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- maelstrom
- a destructive whirlpool which rapidly sucks in objects
- magnanimous
- noble, generous
- malediction
- a curse
- malevolent
- wanting harm to befall others
- malleable
- capable of being shaped or transformed
- mandate
- an authoritative command
- manifest
- easily understandable, obvious , to show plainly
- manifold
- diverse, varied
- maudlin
- weakly sentimental
- maverick
- an independent, nonconformist person
- mawkish
- characterized by sick sentimentality
- maxim
- a common saying expressing a principle of conduct
- meager
- deficient in size or quality
- medley
- a mixture of differing things
- mendacious
- having a lying, false character
- mercurial
- characterized by rapid change or temperamentality
- meritorious
- worthy of esteem or reward
- metamorphosis
- the change of form, shape, substance
- meticulous
- extremely careful with details
- mitigate
- to make less violent, alleviate
- modicum
- a small amount of something
- modulate
- to pass from one state to another, especially in music
- mollify
- to soften in temper
- morass
- a wet swampy bog
- mores
- the moral attitudes and fixed customs of a group of people.
- morose
- gloomy or sullen
- multifarious
- having great diversity or variety
- mundane
- concerned with the world rather than with heaven, commonplace
- munificence
- generosity in giving
- mutable
- able to change
- myriad
- consisting of a very great number
- nadir
- the lowest point of something
- nascent
- in the process of being born or coming into existence
- nebulous
- vaguely defined, cloudy
- nefarious
- heinously villainous
- negligent
- habitually careless, neglectful
- neophyte
- someone who is young or inexperienced
- nocturnal
- relating to or occurring during the night
- noisome
- unpleasant, offensive, especially to the sense of smell
- nomadic
- wandering from place to place
- nominal
- trifling, insignificant
- nonchalant
- having a lack of concern, indifference
- nondescript
- lacking a distinctive character
- notorious
- widely and unfavorably known
- novice
- a beginner, someone without training or experience
- noxious
- harmful, unwholesome
- nuance
- a slight variation in meaning, tone, expression
- nurture
- to assist the development of