| Term | Definition |
|---|
| magnetic | adj-----possessing an extraordinary ability to attract |
| maim | v----- to cripple, disable, injure, mar, disfigure, mutilate |
| malice | n-----desire to inflict injury, harm, or suffering on another, either because of a hostile impulse or out of deep-seated meanness |
| manifest | v-----to make clear or evident to the eye or the understanding; show plainly;-----n-----a list of the cargo or passengers carried by airplane, truck, train, ship |
| median | adj-----relating to or situated in or extending toward the middle-----n------the value below which 50% of the cases fall |
| meet | v-----to come upon; come into the presence of; encounter------n-----an assembly, as of persons and hounds for a hunt or swimmers or runners for a race or series of races |
| meticulous | adj-----taking or showing extreme care about minute details; precise; thorough |
| mettle | n-----courage and fortitude |
| migrant | n-----traveler who moves from one region or country to another |
| milieu | n-----surroundings, esp. of a social or cultural nature |
| mitigate | v-----to lessen in force or intensity, as wrath, grief, harshness, or pain; moderate |
| mobile | n-----sculpture suspended in midair whose delicately balanced parts can be set in motion by air currents-----adj-----capable of moving or being moved readily |
| mode | n-----a manner of acting or doing; method; way |
| monetary | adj-----relating to or involving money |
| morose | adj-----gloomily or sullenly ill-humored, as a person or mood |
| mundane | adj-----belonging to this earth or world; common |
| muse | v-----to think or meditate in silence, as on some subject |
| mutable | adj-----liable or subject to change or alteration |
| nascent | adj-----beginning to exist or develop |
| nebulous | adj-----hazy, vague, indistinct, or confused |
| negligible | adj-----so small, trifling, or unimportant that it may safely be neglected or disregarded |
| nettle | n-----any plant of the genus Urtica, covered with stinging hairs-----v-----to irritate, annoy, or provoke |
| nihilism | n-----complete denial of all established authority and institutions |
| nippy | adj-----pleasantly cold and invigorating |
| nomadic | adj-----tending to travel and change settlements frequently |
| nonage | n-----any period of immaturity |
| novice | n-----someone new to a field or activity |
| null | adj-----without value, effect, consequence, or significance-----v-----to cancel |
| nymph | n-----a beautiful or graceful young woman |
| obese | adj-----excessively fat |
| obligated | adj-----morally or legally bound; obliged; constrained |
| oblique | adj-----indirect in departing from the accepted or proper way |
| oblivion | n-----total forgetfulness |
| obscure | adj-----not clear to the understanding; hard to perceive |
| obsequious | adj-----obedient; dutiful |
| obstinate | adj-----firmly or stubbornly adhering to one's purpose, opinion, etc.; not yielding to argument, persuasion, or entreaty |
| odium | n-----intense hatred or dislike, esp. toward a person or thing regarded as contemptible, despicable, or repugnant |
| offhand | adj/adv-----informal, casual, curt, or brusque |
| officious | adj-----intrusive in a meddling or offensive manner |
| Olympian | adj-----of, resembling, characteristic of, or suitable to the gods of Olympus; majestic or aloof |
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