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mandating (278) - ordering; commanding; demanding

manipulated (283) - unfairly influenced; treated unfairly or dishonestly

"material circumstances" (270) - physical or financial situations

materialized (271) - appeared; showed up; were found or produced

measure (271) - amount; degree

menial (277) - low; servile; belonging to or suited to a servant

mentor (268) - a wise and trusted advisor

militancy (267) - warlike behavior, tendency, spirit, or policy

miscegenation (271) - intermarriage or interbreeding between different races, especially in the United States, between blacks and whites

misled (283) - duped; led into wrongdoing; led astray; deceived; led to believe things that were not true

mobilization (272) - calling troops into active military service

modernize (279) - bring up-to-date; bring up to present ways or standards

"modes of behavior" (282) - manners or ways of acting

monolith (277) - group that was unyielding in its attitudes and policies; united or unified group so close they could be considered a single block of stone

monolithic (267) - massively uniform; completely similar

motivations (267) - incentives; reasons for acting

mounting (267) - setting up and putting into action; setting into motion

"municipal court judge" (280) - city or town judge

murderous (267) - characterized by or involving murder, death, or bloodshed; ready to murder; violent

mysterious (276) - hard to explain or understand; suspicious

myth (278) - legend or story