Vocabulary list #3: M's
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girloftheoc14 on February 18, 2010
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Honors English 10 Zoppi's Vocab
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Terms | Definitions |
|---|---|
 mete | To distribute |
| metonymy | substituting the name of an attribute or feature for the name of the thing itself (as in 'they counted heads') |
| mien | dignified manner or conduct; demeanor |
| milieu | environment; surroundings |
| mingy | mean and stingy |
| minion | a servile or fawning dependant; Follower |
| minutia | n. A small or unimportant particular or detail. |
| miscreant | a person without moral scruples; evil |
| mnemonic | pertaining to memory; assisting the memory; N: device, such as as formula or rhyme, used as a mnemonic aid (EG: HOMES) |
| mollify | To calm or make less severe |
| morose | gloomy |
| mugwump | a person who can't make up his mind |
| munificent | very generous |
| myopia | a type of defective vision in which distant objects appear blurred, nearsightedness |
| myriad | (adj.) in very great numbers; (n.) a very great number |
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