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mind, intellect, intelligence, brain, wit, reason.
These nouns denote the faculty of thinking, reasoning, and acquiring and
applying knowledge.
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mix, blend, mingle, coalesce, merge, amalgamate, fuse.
These verbs mean to put into or come together in one mass so that constituent
parts or elements are diffused or commingled.
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mood, humor, temper.
These nouns refer to a temporary state of mind or feeling.
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moment, instant, minute, second, jiffy, flash.
These nouns denote a brief interval of time.
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moral, ethical, virtuous, righteous.
These adjectives mean in accord with principles or rules of right or good
conduct.
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moving, stirring, poignant, touching, pathetic, affecting.
These adjectives mean arousing or capable of arousing deep, usually somber
emotion.
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multitude, host, legion, army.
These nouns all denote a very great number of people or things.
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musical comedy, revue, operetta, light opera, vaudeville.
A musical comedy differs from a revue principally in having a plot. comedy
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naïve, simple, ingenuous, unsophisticated, natural, unaffected, guileless, artless.
These adjectives mean free from guile, cunning, or sham.
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name, designation, denomination, title.
These nouns all denote the word or words by which someone or something is
called and identified.
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nation, state, commonwealth, country, land, people, race, folk.
Nation primarily signifies a political body rather than a physical territory
---the citizens united under one independent government, without close regard
for
their origins; secondarily it denotes institutional ties, a community of
economic and cultural interests.
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native, indigenous, endemic, aboriginal.
These adjectives mean of, belonging to, or connected with a specific place or
country by virtue of birth or origin.
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