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n.
door-keeper; porter; one who has the care of public building or suites of rooms


Spelling Word: janitor
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n. Syn. mix
assemble without order or sense; confused multitude of things; chaos; mess; mixture


Spelling Word: jumble
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n.
effort expended on particular task; act of mother giving birth; time period during which mother gives birth


Spelling Word: labour
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n.
reading and writing; ability to read and write


Spelling Word: literacy
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a.
high, tall, having great height; idealistic, implying over-optimism


Spelling Word: lofty
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n.
tall annual cereal grass bearing kernels on large ears


Spelling Word: maize
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v.
treat ill; abuse; treat roughly.


Spelling Word: maltreat
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n.
killing of a considerable number of human beings under circumstances of atrocity or cruelty


Spelling Word: massacre
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v. Syn. maximize
make as big or large as possible


Spelling Word: maximise
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a. Syn. ordinary; commonplace; average
moderate to inferior in quality; ordinary; commonplace


Spelling Word: mediocre