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SAT Vocab: "M"

AP exam prep, vocab, letter M

WordDefinition
Machination plot or scheme
Macrobiotics art of prolonging life by special diet or organic, nonmeat substances
Maelstrom whirlpool; turmoil; agitated state of mind
Magnanimous generous, noble in spirit
Magnitude extent, greatness of size
Maladroit clumsy, tactless
Malady illness
Malapropism humorous misuse of a word
Malcontent discontented person, one who holds a grudge
Malediction curse
Malefactor evildoer; culprit
Malinger to evade responsibility by pretending to be ill
Malodorous foul smelling
Martinet strict disciplinarian, one who rigidly follows rules
Martyr person dying for his/her beliefs
Matriculate to enroll as a memor of a college or university
Maudlin overly sentimental
Mawkish sickeningly sentimental
Mendacious dishonest
Mendicant beggar
Mercenary motivated only by greed
Mercurial quick, shrewed and unpredictable
Meretricious gaudy, falsely attractive
Meritorious deserving reward or praise
Metamorphosis change, transformation
Meticulous extremely careful, fastidious, painstaking
Militate to operate against, work against
Misanthrope person who hates human beings
Misconstrue to misunderstand, fail to discover
Miserliness extreme stinginess
Misnomer an incorrect name or designation
Mitigate to softern, or make milder
Mnemonic relating to memory; designed to assist memory
Mollify to calm or make less excessive, restrain; regulate
Monastic extremely plain or secluded, as in a monastary
Monochromatic having one color
Moot debatable; previously decided
Moribund dying, decaying
Morose gloomy, sullen or surly
Munificent generous
Mutability changeability
Myriad immense number, multitude
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