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Word List 30
Mausoleum - Misnomer
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| Mausoleum | monumental tomb |
| Mauve | pale purple |
| Maverick | rebel; nonconformist |
| Mawkish | mushy and gushy; icky*sticky sentimental; maudlin |
| Maxim | proverb; a truth pithily stated |
| Mayhem | injury to body |
| Meager | scanty; inadequate |
| Mealymouthed | indirect in speech; hypocritical; evasive |
| Meander | to wind or turn in its course |
| Meddlesome | interfering |
| Mediate | to settle a dispute through the services of an outsider |
| Mediocre | ordinary; commonplace |
| Meditation | reflection; thought |
| Medium | an element that is a creature’s natural environment; nutrient setting in which microorganisms are cultivated |
| Medium | an appropriate occupation or means of expression; channel of communication; compromise |
| Medley | mixture |
| Meek | submissive; patient and long-suffering |
| Megalomania | mania for doing grandiose things |
| Melancholy | gloomy; morose; blue |
| Melee | fight |
| Mellifluous | sweetly or smoothly flowing; melodious |
| Memento | token; reminder |
| Memorialize | to commemorate |
| Menagerie | collection of wild animals |
| Mendacious | lying; habitually dishonest |
| Mendicant | beggar |
| Menial | suitable for servants; lowly; mean |
| Mentor | counselor; teacher |
| Mercantile | concerning trade |
| Mercenary | motivated solely by money or gain |
| Mercurial | capricious; changing; fickle |
| Meretricious | flashy; tawdry |
| Merger | combination (of two business corporations) |
| Mesmerize | to hypnotize |
| Metallurgical | pertaining to the art of removing metals from ores |
| Metamorphosis | change of form |
| Metaphor | implied comparison |
| Metaphysical | pertaining to speculative philosophy |
| Mete | to measure; distribute |
| Meteoric | swift; momentarily brilliant |
| Methodical | systematic |
| Meticulous | excessively careful; painstaking; scrupulous |
| Metropolis | large city |
| Mettle | courage; spirit |
| Miasma | swamp gas; heavy, vaporous atmosphere |
| Microcosm | small world; the world in miniature |
| Migrant | changing its habitat; wandering |
| Migratory | wandering |
| Milieu | environment; means of expression |
| Militant | combative; bellicose |
| Militate | to work against |
| Millennium | thousand-year period; period of happiness and prosperity |
| Mimicry | imitation |
| Minatory | menacing; threatening |
| Mincing | to walk or move with short, affectedly dainty steps |
| Minion | a servile dependent |
| Minuscule | extremely small |
| Minute | extremely small |
| Minutiae | petty details |
| Mirage | unreal reflection; optical illusion |
| Mire | to entangle; to stick in swampy ground |
| Mirth | merriment; laughter |
| Misadventure | mischance; ill luck |
| Misanthrope | one who hates mankind |
| Misapprehension | error; misunderstanding |
| Miscallany | mixture of writings on various subjects |
| Mischance | ill luck (synonym: misadventure) |
| Misconstrue | to interpret incorrectly; misjudge |
| Miscreant | wretch; villain |
| Misdemeanor | minor crime |
| Miserly | stingy; mean |
| Misgivings | doubts |
| Mishap | accident |
| Misnomer | wrong name; incorrect designation |
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