Vocabulary - M
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- macabre
- horrible; gruesome
- mater (gr)
- mother; as maternal, matrimony
- Machiavellian
- deceitful; tricky
- malleable
- capable of being changed; adaptable
- machination
- evil design
- manumit
- to set free
- marquee
- a rooflike shelter, such as glass, projecting above an outer door
- malodorous
- bad-smelling; stinking
- masochist
- one who enjoys his own pain and suffering
- mega (gr)
- large; as megaton, megaphone
- maladroit
- clumsy; unskillful; awkward
- magn (gr)
- great; as magnitude, magnificent
- maelstrom
- whirlpool
- magnate
- important person in any field
- masticate
- to chew
- malediction
- curse
- malapropism
- world humorously misused
- malingerer
- one who pretends to be sick to avoid work
- malady
- disease; illness
- martinet
- a strict disciplinarian
- malcontent
- one who is dissatisfied
- malfeasance
- wrongdoing
- malaise
- discomfort; uneasiness
- mar (gr)
- sea; as marine, maritime
- matrix
- a place of origin
- maudlin
- excessively sentimental
- mausoleum
- large tomb for many bodies
- man (gr)
- hand; as manufacture, manual
- malign
- to speak badly of
- magnanimous
- generous