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machine

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a device with moving parts used to do work

magazine

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a publication of news, stories, pictures or other information

magnet

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a piece of iron or other material that has a pulling force; this pulling force is called magnetism

mail

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letters, papers and other things sent through an official system, such as a post office

main

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the most important or largest

major

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great in size, importance or amount

majority

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the greater number; more than half

make

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to produce; to create; to build; to do something or to carry out an action; to cause to be or to become

male

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a man or boy; the sex that is the father of children; ad. of or about men

man

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an adult male human

manufacture

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to make goods in large amounts

many

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a large number or amount of

map

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a picture of the earth's surface or a part of it

march

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to walk in a group like soldiers; to walk together in a large group to protest about something

mark

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to make a sign or cut on something

market

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a place or area where goods are sold, bought or traded; an economic system in which the prices of things are decided by how many there are and how much money people are willing to pay for them

marry

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to join a man and woman together as husband and wife; to become husband and wife (usually in a religious or civil ceremony)

mass

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an amount of matter having no special form and usually of a large size

mate

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to bring together a male and a female to create another creature

material

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the substance, substances or matter of which something is made or from which something can be made, such as wood, cloth or stone; anything that can be made into something else

mathematics

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the science dealing with amounts, sizes and shapes, as explained by numbers and signs

matter

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anything that can be seen or felt; what things are made of

may

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a word used with an action word to mean permit or possible ("May I go?" "They may leave tomorrow.")

mayor

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the chief official of a city or town government

meal

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food eaten to satisfy hunger, such as dinner

mean

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to want to; to give the idea of; to have the idea of

measure

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to learn the amount, size or distance of something; n. an action taken; a legislative proposal

meat

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the part of a dead animal used for food

media

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all public information organizations, including newspapers, television and radio

medicine

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a substance or drug used to treat disease or pain; the science or study of treating and curing disease or improving health

meet

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to come together with someone or something at the same time and place

melt

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to make a solid into a liquid by heating it

member

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one of a group

memorial

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something done or made to honor the memory of a person or event

memory

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a picture in the mind of past events; the ability to remember; a thing remembered

mental

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about or having to do with the mind

mercy

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kindness toward those who should be punished; the power to be kind or to pardon

message

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written or spoken news or information; a note from one person to another person or group

metal

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a hard substance such as iron, steel or gold

method

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the way something is done

microscope

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a device used to make very small things look larger so they can be studied

middle

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the center; a place or time of equal distance from both sides or ends; ad. in the center

militant

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someone active in trying to cause political change, often by the use of force or violence

military

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the armed forces of a nation or group; ad. of or about the armed forces

milk

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the white liquid produced by female animals to feed their young

mind

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the thinking, feeling part of a person

mine

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to dig useful or valuable substances out of the earth; n. a place in the earth where such substances are found; a bomb placed under the ground or under water so it cannot be seen

mineral

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a substance found in nature that is not an animal or a plant, such as coal or salt

minister

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a member of a cabinet; a high government official ("prime minister,"foreign minister")

minor

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small in size; of little importance

minority

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the smaller number; opposite majority

minute

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a measure of time; one of the sixty equal parts of an hour; sixty seconds

miss

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to fail to hit, see, reach or meet

missile

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any weapon that can be thrown or fired through the air and explodes when it reaches its target

missing

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lost; not found

mistake

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a wrong action or decision; an action done without the knowledge that it was wrong

mix

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to put different things together to make one thing

mob

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a large group of wild or angry people

model

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an example; something, usually small, made to show how something will look or work

moderate

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not extreme

modern

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of the present or very recent time; the most improved

molecule

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the smallest amount of a chemical substance that can exist

money

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pieces of metal or paper used to pay for things

month

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one of the twelve periods of time into which a year is divided

moon

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the bright object often seen in the night sky that orbits the earth about every twenty-nine days

moral

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concerning what is right or wrong in someone's actions

more

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greater in size or amount

morning

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the early part of the day, from sunrise until noon

most

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greatest in size or amount

mother

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the female parent; a woman who has a child or children

motion

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a movement; a continuing change of position or place

mountain

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a part of the earth's surface that rises high above the area around it

mourn

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to express or feel sadness

move

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to change position; to put or keep in motion; to go

movement

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the act of moving or a way of moving; a series of acts or efforts to reach a goal

movie

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a motion picture; a film

much

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great in amount

murder

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to kill another person illegally; n. the crime of killing another person

music

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the making of sounds by singing or using a musical instrument

must

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a word used with an action word to mean necessary ("You must go to school.")

mystery

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something that is not or cannot be explained or understood; a secret


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