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| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| megalomania | exaggeration of one’s own greatness |
| melancholy | depressed |
| melee | noisy fight |
| mellifluous | sweet-sounding |
| melodramatic | overly emotional |
| menace | a threat |
| ménage | household |
| menagerie | collection of animals |
| mendacious | lying |
| mendicant | a beggar |
| menial | degrading |
| mentor | advisor or coach |
| mercantile | pertaining to merchants |
| mercenary | acts only for money |
| mercurial | unpredictably |
| meretricious | gaudy or showy |
| merger | a joining together |
| mesmerize | hypnotize |
| metamorphosis | a transformation |
| metaphor | comparison |
| metaphysics | beyond what is natural |
| mete | to distribute |
| meteoric | swift rise |
| meticulous | extremely careful |
| metropolis | large city |
| mettle | courage |
| miasma | pollution |
| microcosm | a little world |
| mien | manner |
| milieu | environment; setting |
| militant | ready and willing to fight |
| millennium | a thousand years |
| mimic | to imitate |
| minion | a devoted follower |
| minute | unit of time; or small and insignificant |
| mire | swampy ground; to sink down |
| mirth | joy or laughter |
| misanthrope | hater of mankind |
| misapprehension | a misunderstanding |
| miscegenation | mixture of races |
| mischance | unlucky accident; bad luck |
| misconstrue | misinterpret |
| miscreant | a vicious person |
| misdemeanor | a less serious crime |
| miser | one who hoards (money) excessively |
| misgiving | doubt; suspicion |
| misnomer | an error in name |
| misogamy | hatred of marriage |
| misogynist | woman-hater |
| missive | letter |
| mitigate | to make less severe |
| mnemonic | pertaining to memory |
| mock | to ridicule or insult |
| modicum | a small amount |
| modish | stylish |
| modulate | to tone down |
| mogul | powerful person |
| mollify | to calm or appease |
| molt | to shed |
| momentous | very important |
| monarchy | one ruler |
| monastic | self-denying |
| monitor | one who watches |
| monograph | written about a single subject |
| monolithic | unified or solid |
| monologue | speech by one person |
| monotheism | belief in one god |
| monotonous | boring; without variety |
| monumental | important |
| moot | debatable or having no significance |
| moratorium | delay |
| morbid | depressing |
| mordant | sarcastic |
| mores | customs or traditions |
| moribund | dying |
| morose | gloomy |
| mortal | destined to die |
| mortify | to embarrass or humiliate |
| motif | central idea |
| motley | assorted or different colors |
| mottled | spotted |
| mountebank | a fraud |
| muddle | to confuse |
| mulct | a fine or to defraud |
| mull | (over) think about |
| multifarious | having many parts |
| mundane | worldly |
| munificent | generous |
| murky | unclear; gloomy |
| muse | to think deeply |
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