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 Group 3 - Spelling Practices
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/'mælɪs/ n.
enmity of heart; malevolence; ill will; spirit delighting in harm or misfortune to another


Spelling Word: malice
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/'mɜrsɪnərɪ/;/-nɛrɪ/ a.
interested in making money; profit oriented; hired for service in foreign army


Spelling Word: mercenary
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/mɛrɪ'trɪʃəs/ a.
of or pertaining to prostitutes; tastelessly showy; lustful; deceptive; misleading


Spelling Word: meretricious
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/mɪs'noʊmə(r)/ n.
error in naming person or place; name wrongly or unsuitably applied to a person or an object


Spelling Word: misnomer
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/'mɒt(ə)ld/ a. Syn. spotted
spotted with different shades or colors


Spelling Word: mottled
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/'mʌndeɪn/ a. Syn. worldly; earthly; secular
belonging to this earth or world; not ideal or heavenly; concerned with commonplaces; ordinary


Spelling Word: mundane
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/'mɜrkɪ/ a. Syn. vague
dark and gloomy; thick with fog; vague


Spelling Word: murky
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/əb'sɛʃ(ə)n/ n. Syn. fascination; mania
compulsive, often unreasonable idea or emotion


Spelling Word: obsession
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/ɒm'nɪpətənt/ a. Syn. infinite
all-powerful; having unlimited or universal power, authority, or force


Spelling Word: omnipotent
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/'pærəfreɪz/ v. Syn. restate; reword
restate text in one's own words, especially to clarify thought of others


Spelling Word: paraphrase