M 2
Terms
undefined, object
copy deck
- macabre
- gruesome
- machination
- evil design
- macroscopic
- visible to the naked eye
- maelstrom
- whirlpool
- magnanimous
- generous
- magnate
- important person
- maim
- to cripple
- maladroit
- clumy or unskillful
- malady
- disease
- malaise
- uneasiness
- malapropism
- word humorously misused
- malediction
- curse
- malefactor
- villain
- malevolent
- harmful
- malfeasance
- wrongdoing
- malicious
- spitful
- malign
- to speak badly about
- malignant
- evil
- malingerer
- one who pretends to be ill to avoid work
- malleable
- adaptable
- manacle
- handcuff
- mandarin
- influential person
- mandate
- an order
- manifest
- obvious
- manifold
- many
- manipulate
- to handle with skill; to influence a person
- manumit
- to set free
- maraud
- to raid
- maritime
- pertaining to the ocean
- marquee
- a canopy over an entrance
- marred
- damaged; ruined
- martial
- warlike
- martinet
- a strict disciplinarian
- masochist
- one who enjoys his own pain
- masticate
- to chew
- matriarchy
- a society in which the mother is the head of the family
- matrix
- a place of origin
- maudlin
- very sentimental
- maul
- to injure
- mausoleum
- large tomb
- maverick
- a nonconformist
- mawkish
- overly sentimental
- maxim
- a proverb or saying
- meager
- inadequate; of poor quality
- mean
- nasty or offensive; inferior or low; an average
- meander
- to wander aimlessly
- mediate
- to settle a dispute
- meditate
- to think deeply
- medley
- a mixture
- megalomania
- exaggeration of one's own greatness
- melancholy
- depressed
- melee
- noisy fight
- mellifluous
- sweet-sounding
- melodramatic
- overly emotional
- menace
- a threat
- menage
- household
- menagerie
- collection of animals
- mendacious
- lying
- medicant
- a beggar
- menial
- degrading
- mentor
- adviser 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
- 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
- motif
- central idea
- motley
- assorted or different colors
- mortify
- to embarrass or humiliate
- mottled
- spotted
- mountebank
- a fraud
- muddle
- to confuse
- mulct
- a fine or to degraud
- mull
- (over) think about
- multifarious
- having many parts
- mundane
- worldly
- munificent
- generous
- murky
- unclear; gloomy
- muse
- to think about
- muster
- to gather together
- musty
- stale; moldy
- mute
- silent
- muzzle
- to restrain
- myopic
- having narrow point of view
- myriad
- infinitely vast in number
- myrmidon
- an unquestioning follower