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a. of, relating to, or composed of matter; concerned with physical, not from intellectual or spiritual


Spelling Word: material
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a. motherly; relating to mother or motherhood


Spelling Word: maternal
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a. deficient in quantity, fullness, or extent; inadequate; feeble


Spelling Word: meager
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v. follow a winding and turning course; move aimlessly and idly without fixed direction


Spelling Word: meander
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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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v. tone down in intensity; regulate; change from one key to another


Spelling Word: modulate
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v. to disfigure.


Spelling Word: mutilate
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ad. not anywhere; not in any place or state


Spelling Word: nowhere
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n. subtle or slight degree of difference; small difference in meaning


Spelling Word: nuance
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n. central or essential part around which other parts are gathered or grouped; core


Spelling Word: nucleus