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maternal
relating to mother;motherly
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maternal ancestors
ancestors on ones mothers side
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maternity
- the state of being a mother; motherhood
- relating to pregnancy and childbirth
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alma mater
the school, college or university that one has attended; the anthem
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matron
a married woman, especially a mother of mature age; a woman who acts as a supervisor or monitor
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matriach
a woman who rules a family, clan, or tribe
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matriarchal society
a society ruled by mothers or women
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medium
midway between two extremes
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mediocre
of moderate to low quality; average; neither good nor bad
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Mediterranean
pertaining to the Mediterranean Sea or the countries that border it
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mediterranean
surrounded nearly or completely by dry land; referring to large bodies of water, as lakes or seas
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medieval
pertaining to or belonging to the Middle Ages
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intermediary
an individuals who acts as a go-between or peacemaker for parties in dispute
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Memorial Day
May 30, us holiday officially celebrated the last Monday in May
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memorial
something, such as a monument or holiday, to serve as a remembrance of a person or event
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commemorative
honoring the memory of with a ceremony; serving as a memorial to
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memorandum
a short note written as a reminder
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memoirs
autobiographies and other writings based on the recollection of personal experience
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immemorial
reaching beyond the limits or memory, tradition, or recorded history; so ancient that it reaches back into times beyond the memory or historical record
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memorable
worth being remembered or noted; remarkable
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ordinance
an authoritative decree or direction; order; a new law set forth by government authority, specifically a municipal regulation; something ordianed or decree by fate or a deity
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ordnance
military supplies including weapons, ammunition, combat vehicles, and maintenance tools and equipment; a service of the army charged with the procuring, distributing , and safekeeping of ordance
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ordinal
being of a specified position in a numbered series
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ordinal number
a number indicating position in a numbered series
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ordain
to invest officially with ministerial or priestly authority; to establish or order by appointment, decree, or law; enact; to issue an order to invest with ministerial or priestly authority
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preordain
to appoint, decree, or order in advance
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extraordinary
beyond what is ordinary or usual; highly exceptional; remarkable
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subordinate
belonging to a lower or inferior class or rank; secondary; subject to authority or control of another
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insubordinate
not submissive to authority; failing to recognize or accept to authority of a superior
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parity
the quality or state of being equal or equivalent
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par
an accepted average; normal standard
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comparable
capable of being compared; similar or equivalent; worthy of comparison; approximately equal
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disparage
to speak of as unimportant or small; to belittle; to reduce in esteem or rank
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disparity
the condition or fact of being unequal in age, rank, or degree; difference; unlikeness or incongruity; inequality
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nonparent
- having no equal; peerless
- an individual of unequaled excellence; paragon
- a small flat disk of chocolate covered with white sugar
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particle
a very small piece; speak; a very small amount, trace, or degree
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partition
to divide into parts
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partisan
a person who favors and supports a particular cause
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impartial
fair and unbiased; unprejudiced
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partial
favoring one person or side over another; biased
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nonpartisan
not based on, influenced by, affiliated with, or supporting the interests or policies of a political party; not affiliated with a political party
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bipartisan
consisting of or supported by members of two parties, especially two major political parties
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tripartite
composed of or divided into three parts; relating to or executed by three parties
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passionate
capable of or having intense feelings
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passion
deep, overwhelming feeling or emotion
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compassion
a feeling of sympathy or pity
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dispassionate
not influenced by strong feeling; not affected by personal or emotional involvement; fair
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impassive
giving no sign of feeling or emotion; expressionless
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passive
tending not to take an active or dominant part; receiving or subjected to an action without responding or initiating an action in return
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impassioned
full of strong feeling; filed with passion; ardent
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pater, patr
father, fatherland
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paternal
fatherly; received or inherited from a father or fathers side of the family
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paternity
fatherhood; fact or condition of being a father
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patron
an individual, usually a wealthy one, who sponsors and supports a person or organization; a regular customer
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patrimony
an inheritance from a father or other ancestor
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patriot
one who loves, supports and defends ones country
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expartriate
- one who left ones native land, whether the departure was forced of voluntary
- to remove oneself from residence in ones native land; to send into exile
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repatriate
- someone who has been repatriated
- to restore or return to the country of birth or citizen
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patriarchal society
one ruled by fathers or men
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compatriot
a fellow countryman; a colleague
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pending
not yet decided or settled; awaiting conclusion or confirmation; being in continuance; imminent; while waiting
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pendulum
an object suspended from a fixed support so that it swings freely back and forth under the influence of gravity
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pendant
an object suspended from something else, especially an ornament or piece of jewelry attached to a necklace or bracelet
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appendix
a collection of supplementary material, usually at the end of a book; an appendage
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appendage
something appended; a part or organ that is joined to an axis or trunk; anything attached to or hanging from the body of something
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impending
hanging or hovering menacingly; about to take place
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pendulous
hanging loosely; suspended as to swing or sway; wavering; undecided
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