| Term | Definition |
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| macadamize | To cover or pave, as a path or roadway, with small broken stone. |
| machinery | The parts of a machine or engine, taken collectively. |
| machinist | One who makes or repairs machines, or uses metal-working tools. |
| macrocosm | The whole of any sphere or department of nature or knowledge to which man is related. |
| madden | To inflame with passio, |
| Madonna | A painted or sculptured representation of the Virgin, usually with the infant Jesus. |
| magician | A sorcerer. |
| magisterial | Having an air of authority. |
| magistracy | The office or dignity of a magistrate. |
| magnanimous | Generous in treating or judging others. |
| magnate | A person of rank or importance. |
| magnet | A body possessing that peculiar form of polarity found in nature in the lodestone. |
| magnetize | To make a magnet of, permanently, or temporarily. |
| magnificence | The exhibition of greatness of action, character, intellect, wealth, or power. |
| magnificent | Grand or majestic in appearance, quality, or actio, |
| magnitude | Importance. |
| maharaja | A great Hindu prince. |
| maidenhood | Virginity. |
| maintain | To hold or preserve in any particular state or conditio, |
| maintenance | That which supports or sustains. |
| maize | Indian corn: usually in the United States called simply cor, |
| makeup | The arrangements or combination of the parts of which anything is composed. |
| malady | Any physical disease or disorder, especially a chronic or deep-seated one. |
| malaria | A fever characterized by alternating chills, fever, and sweating. |
| malcontent | One who is dissatisfied with the existing state of affairs. |
| malediction | The calling down of a curse or curses. |
| malefactor | One who injures another. |
| maleficent | Mischievous. |
| malevolence | Ill will. |
| malevolent | Wishing evil to others. |
| malign | To speak evil of, especially to do so falsely and severely. |
| malignant | Evil in nature or tending to do great harm or mischief. |
| malleable | Pliant. |
| mallet | A wooden hammer. |
| maltreat | To treat ill, unkindly, roughly, or abusively. |
| man-trap | A place or structure dangerous to human life. |
| mandate | A command. |
| mandatory | Expressive of positive command, as distinguished from merely directory. |
| mane | The long hair growing upon and about the neck of certain animals, as the horse and the lio, |
| man-eater | An animal that devours human beings. |
| maneuver | To make adroit or artful moves: manage affairs by strategy. |
| mania | Insanity. |
| maniac | a person raving with madness. |
| manifesto | A public declaration, making announcement, explanation or defense of intentions, or motives. |
| manlike | Like a ma, |
| manliness | The qualities characteristic of a true man, as bravery, resolution, etc. |
| mannerism | Constant or excessive adherence to one manner, style, or peculiarity, as of action or conduct. |
| manor | The landed estate of a lord or noblema, |
| mantel | The facing, sometimes richly ornamented, about a fireplace, including the usual shelf above it. |
| mantle | A cloak. |
| manufacturer | A person engaged in manufacturing as a business. |
| manumission | Emancipatio, |
| manumit | To set free from bondage. |
| marine | Of or pertaining to the sea or matters connected with the sea. |
| maritime | Situated on or near the sea. |
| maroon | To put ashore and abandon (a person) on a desolate coast or island. |
| martial | Pertaining to war or military operations. |
| Martian | Pertaining to Mars, either the Roman god of war or the planet. |
| martyrdom | Submission to death or persecution for the sake of faith or principle. |
| marvel | To be astonished and perplexed because of (something). |
| masonry | The art or work of constructing, as buildings, walls, etc., with regularly arranged stones. |
| masquerade | A social party composed of persons masked and costumed so as to be disguised. |
| massacre | The unnecessary and indiscriminate killing of human beings. |
| massive | Of considerable bulk and weight. |
| masterpiece | A superior productio, |
| mastery | The attainment of superior skill. |
| material | That of which anything is composed or may be constructed. |
| materialize | To take perceptible or substantial form. |
| maternal | Pertaining or peculiar to a mother or to motherhood. |
| matinee | An entertainment (especially theatrical) held in the daytime. |
| matricide | The killing, especially the murdering, of one's mother. |
| matrimony | The union of a man and a woman in marriage. |
| matrix | That which contains and gives shape or form to anything. |
| matter of fact | Something that has actual and undeniable existence or reality. |
| maudlin | Foolishly and tearfully affectionate. |
| mausoleum | A tomb of more than ordinary size or architectural pretensions. |
| mawkish | Sickening or insipid. |
| maxim | A principle accepted as true and acted on as a rule or guide. |
| maze | A labyrinth. |
| mead | A meadow. |
| meager | scanty. |
| mealy-mouthed | Afraid to express facts or opinions plainly. |
| meander | To wind and turn while proceeding in a course. |
| mechanics | The branch of physics that treats the phenomena caused by the action of forces. |
| medallion | A large medal. |
| meddlesome | Interfering. |
| medial | Of or pertaining to the middle. |
| mediate | To effect by negotiating as an agent between parties. |
| medicine | A substance possessing or reputed to possess curative or remedial properties. |
| medieval | Belonging or relating to or descriptive of the middle ages. |
| mediocre | Ordinary. |
| meditation | The turning or revolving of a subject in the mind. |
| medley | A composition of different songs or parts of songs arranged to run as a continuous whole. |
| meliorate | To make better or improve, as in quality or social or physical conditio, |
| mellifluous | Sweetly or smoothly flowing. |
| melodious | Characterized by a sweet succession of sounds. |
| melodrama | A drama with a romantic story or plot and sensational situation and incidents. |
| memento | A souvenir. |
| memorable | Noteworthy. |
| menace | A threat. |
| menagerie | A collection of wild animals, especially when kept for exhibitio, |
| mendacious | Untrue. |
| mendicant | A beggar. |
| mentality | Intellectuality. |
| mentor | A wise and faithful teacher, guide, and friend. |
| mercantile | Conducted or acting on business principles; commercial. |
| mercenary | Greedy |
| merciful | Disposed to pity and forgive. |
| merciless | Cruel. |
| meretricious | Alluring by false or gaudy show. |
| mesmerize | To hypnotize. |
| messieurs | pl. Gentleme, |
| metal | An element that forms a base by combining with oxygen, is usually hard, heavy, and lustrous. |
| metallurgy | The art or science of extracting a metal from ores, as by smelting. |
| metamorphosis | A passing from one form or shape into another. |
| metaphor | A figure of speech in which one object is likened to another, by speaking as if the other. |
| metaphysical | Philosophical. |
| metaphysician | One skilled in metaphysics. |
| metaphysics | The principles of philosophy as applied to explain the methods of any particular science. |
| mete | To apportio, |
| metempsychosis | Transition of the soul of a human being at death into another body, whether human or beast. |
| meticulous | Over-cautious. |
| metonymy | A figure of speech that consists in the naming of a thing by one of its attributes. |
| metric | Relating to measurement. |
| metronome | An instrument for indicating and marking exact time in music. |
| metropolis | A chief city, either the capital or the largest or most important city of a state. |
| metropolitan | Pertaining to a chief city. |
| mettle | Courage. |
| mettlesome | Having courage or spirit. |
| microcosm | The world or universe on a small scale. |
| micrometer | An instrument for measuring very small angles or dimensions. |
| microphone | An apparatus for magnifying faint sounds. |
| microscope | An instrument for assisting the eye in the vision of minute objects or features of objects. |
| microscopic | Adapted to or characterized by minute observatio, |
| microscopy | The art of examing objects with the microscope. |
| midsummer | The middle of the summer. |
| midwife | A woman who makes a business of assisting at childbirth. |
| mien | The external appearance or manner of a perso, |
| migrant | Wandering. |
| migrate | To remove or pass from one country, region, or habitat to another. |
| migratory | Wandering. |
| mileage | A distance in miles. |
| militant | Of a warlike or combative disposition or tendency. |
| militarism | A policy of maintaining great standing armies. |
| militate | To have weight or influence (in determining a question). |
| militia | Those citizens, collectively, who are enrolled and drilled in temporary military organizations. |
| Milky Way | The galaxy. |
| millet | A grass cultivated for forage and cereal. |
| mimic | To imitate the speech or actions of. |
| miniature | Much smaller than reality or that the normal size. |
| minimize | To reduce to the smallest possible amount or degree. |
| minion | A servile favorite. |
| ministration | Any religious ceremonial. |
| ministry | A service. |
| minority | The smaller in number of two portions into which a number or a group is divided. |
| minute | Exceedingly small in extent or quantity. |
| minutia | A small or unimportant particular or detail. |
| mirage | An optical effect looking like a sheet of water in the desert. |
| misadventure | An unlucky accident. |
| misanthropic | Hating mankind. |
| misanthropy | Hatred of mankind. |
| misapprehend | To misunderstand. |
| misbehave | To behave ill. |
| misbehavior | Ill or improper behavior. |
| mischievous | Fond of tricks. |
| miscount | To make a mistake in counting. |
| miscreant | A villai, |
| misdeed | A wrong or improper act. |
| misdemeanor | Evil conduct, small crime. |
| miser | A person given to saving and hoarding unduly. |
| mishap | Misfortune. |
| misinterpret | To misunderstand. |
| mislay | To misplace. |
| mismanage | To manage badly, improperly, or unskillfully. |
| misnomer | A name wrongly or mistakenly applied. |
| misogamy | Hatred of marriage. |
| misogyny | Hatred of wome, |
| misplace | To put into a wrong place. |
| misrepresent | To give a wrong impressio, |
| misrule | To misgover, |
| missal | The book containing the service for the celebration of mass. |
| missile | Any object, especially a weapon, thrown or intended to be throw, |
| missive | A message in writing. |
| mistrust | To regard with suspicion or jealousy. |
| misty | Lacking clearness |
| misunderstand | To Take in a wrong sense. |
| misuse | To maltreat. |
| mite | A very small amount, portion, or particle. |
| miter | The junction of two bodies at an equally divided angle. |
| mitigate | To make milder or more endurable. |
| mnemonics | A system of principles and formulas designed to assist the recollection in certain instances. |
| moat | A ditch on the outside of a fortress wall. |
| mobocracy | Lawless control of public affairs by the mob or populace. |
| moccasin | A foot-covering made of soft leather or buckski, |
| mockery | Ridicule. |
| moderation | Temperance. |
| moderator | The presiding officer of a meeting. |
| modernity | The state or character of being moder, |
| modernize | To make characteristic of the present or of recent times. |
| modification | A change. |
| modify | To make somewhat different. |
| modish | Fashionable. |
| modulate | To vary in tone, inflection, pitch or other quality of sound. |
| mollify | To soothe. |
| molt | To cast off, as hair, feathers, etc. |
| momentary | Lasting but a short time. |
| momentous | Very significant. |
| momentum | An impetus. |
| monarchy | Government by a single, sovereign ruler. |
| monastery | A dwelling-place occupied in common by persons under religious vows of seclusio, |
| monetary | Financial. |
| mongrel | The progeny resulting from the crossing of different breeds or varieties. |
| monition | Friendly counsel given by way of warning and implying caution or reproof. |
| monitory | Admonition or warning. |
| monocracy | Government by a single perso, |
| monogamy | The habit of pairing, or having but one mate. |
| monogram | A character consisting of two or more letters interwoven into one, usually initials of a name. |
| monograph | A treatise discussing a single subject or branch of a subject. |
| monolith | Any structure or sculpture in stone formed of a single piece. |
| monologue | A story or drama told or performed by one perso, |
| monomania | The unreasonable pursuit of one idea. |
| monopoly | The control of a thing, as a commodity, to enable a person to raise its price. |
| monosyllable | A word of one syllable. |
| monotone | The sameness or monotony of utterance. |
| monotonous | Unchanging and tedious. |
| monotony | A lack of variety. |
| monsieur | A French title of respect, equivalent to Mr. and sir. |
| monstrosity | Anything unnaturally huge or distorted. |
| moonbeam | A ray of moonlight. |
| morale | A state of mind with reference to confidence, courage, zeal, and the like. |
| moralist | A writer on ethics. |
| morality | Virtue. |
| moralize | To render virtuous. |
| moratorium | An emergency legislation authorizing a government suspend some action temporarily. |
| morbid | Caused by or denoting a diseased or unsound condition of body or mind. |
| mordacious | Biting or giving to biting. |
| mordant | Biting. |
| moribund | On the point of dying. |
| morose | Gloomy. |
| morphology | the science of organic forms. |
| motley | Composed of heterogeneous or inharmonious elements. |
| motto | An expressive word or pithy sentence enunciating some guiding rule of life, or faith. |
| mountaineer | One who travels among or climbs mountains for pleasure or exercise. |
| mountainous | Full of or abounding in mountains. |
| mouthful | As much as can be or is usually put into the or exercise. |
| muddle | To confuse or becloud, especially with or as with drink. |
| muffle | To deaden the sound of, as by wraps. |
| mulatto | The offspring of a white person and a black perso, |
| muleteer | A mule-driver. |
| multiform | Having many shapes, or appearances. |
| multiplicity | the condition of being manifold or very various. |
| mundane | Worldly, as opposed to spiritual or celestial. |
| municipal | Of or pertaining to a town or city, or to its corporate or local government. |
| municipality | A district enjoying municipal government. |
| munificence | A giving characterized by generous motives and extraordinary liberality. |
| munificent | Extraordinarily generous. |
| muster | An assemblage or review of troops for parade or inspection, or for numbering off. |
| mutation | The act or process of change. |
| mutilate | To disfigure. |
| mutiny | Rebellion against lawful or constituted authority. |
| myriad | A vast indefinite number. |
| mystic | One who professes direct divine illumination, or relies upon meditation to acquire truth. |
| mystification | The act of artfully perplexing. |
| myth | A fictitious narrative presented as historical, but without any basis of fact. |
| mythology | The whole body of legends cherished by a race concerning gods and heroes. |
| nameless | Having no fame or reputatio, |
| naphtha | A light, colorless, volatile, inflammable oil used as a solvent, as in manufacture of paints. |
| Narcissus | The son of the Athenian river-god Cephisus, fabled to have fallen in love with his reflectio, |
| narrate | To tell a story. |
| narration | The act of recounting the particulars of an event in the order of time or occurrence. |
| narrative | An orderly continuous account of the successive particulars of an event. |
| narrator | One who narrates anything. |
| narrow-minded | Characterized by illiberal views or sentiments. |
| nasal | Pertaining to the nose. |
| natal | Pertaining to one's birth. |
| nationality | A connection with a particular natio, |
| naturally ad | According to the usual order of things. |
| nausea | An affection of the stomach producing dizziness and usually an impulse to vomit |
| nauseate | To cause to loathe. |
| nauseous | Loathsome. |
| nautical | Pertaining to ships, seamen, or navigatio, |
| naval | Pertaining to ships. |
| navel | The depression on the abdomen where the umbilical cord of the fetus was attached. |
| navigable | Capable of commercial navigatio, |
| navigate | To traverse by ship. |
| nebula | A gaseous body of unorganized stellar substance. |
| necessary | Indispensably requisite or absolutely needed to accomplish a desired result. |
| necessitate | To render indispensable. |
| necessity | That which is indispensably requisite to an end desired. |
| necrology | A list of persons who have died in a certain place or time. |
| necromancer | One who practices the art of foretelling the future by means of communication with the dead. |
| necropolis | A city of the dead. |
| necrosis | the death of part of the body. |
| nectar | Any especially sweet and delicious drink. |
| nectarine | A variety of the peach. |
| needlework | Embroidery. |
| needy | Being in need, want, or poverty. |
| nefarious | Wicked in the extreme. |
| negate | To deny. |
| negation | The act of denying or of asserting the falsity of a propositio, |
| neglectful | Exhibiting or indicating omissio, |
| negligee | A loose gown worn by wome, |
| negligence | Omission of that which ought to be done. |
| negligent | Apt to omit what ought to be done. |
| negligible | Transferable by assignment, endorsement, or delivery. |
| negotiable | To bargain with others for an agreement, as for a treaty or transfer of property. |
| Nemesis | A goddess; divinity of chastisement and vengeance. |
| neocracy | Government administered by new or untried persons. |
| neo-Darwinsim | Darwinism as modified and extended by more recent students. |
| neo-Latin | Modernized Lati, |
| neopaganism | A new or revived paganism. |
| Neolithic | Pertaining to the later stone age. |
| neology | The coining or using of new words or new meanings of words. |
| neophyte | Having the character of a beginner. |
| nestle | To adjust cozily in snug quarters. |
| nestling | Recently hatched. |
| nettle | To excite sensations of uneasiness or displeasure i, |
| network | Anything that presents a system of cross- lines. |
| neural | Pertaining to the nerves or nervous system. |
| neurology | The science of the nervous system. |
| neuter | Neither masculine nor feminine. |
| neutral | Belonging to or under control of neither of two contestants. |
| nevertheless | Notwithstanding. |
| Newtonian | Of or pertaining to Sir Isaac Newton, the English philosopher. |
| niggardly | Stingy. (no longer acceptable to use) |
| nihilist | An advocate of the doctrine that nothing either exists or can be know, |
| nil | Nothing |
| nimble | Light and quick in motion or actio, |
| nit | The egg of a louse or some other insect. |
| nocturnal | Of or pertaining to the night. |
| noiseless | Silent. |
| noisome | Very offensive, particularly to the sense of smell. |
| noisy | Clamorous. |
| nomad | Having no fixed abode. |
| nomic | Usual or customary. |
| nominal | Trivial. |
| nominate | To designate as a candidate for any office. |
| nomination | The act or ceremony of naming a man or woman for office. |
| nominee | One who receives a nominatio, |
| non-existent | That which does not exist. |
| non-resident | Not residing within a given jurisdictio, |
| nonchalance | A state of mind indicating lack of interest. |
| non-combatant | One attached to the army or navy, but having duties other than that of fighting. |
| nondescript | Indescribable. |
| nonentity | A person or thing of little or no account. |
| nonpareil | One who or that which is of unequaled excellence. |
| norm | A model. |
| normalcy | The state of being normal. |
| Norman | Of or peculiar to Normandy, in northern France. |
| nostrum | Any scheme or recipe of a charlatan character. |
| noticeable | Perceptible. |
| notorious | Unfavorably known to the general public. |
| novellette | A short novel. |
| novice | A beginner in any business or occupatio, |
| nowadays ad | In the present time or age. |
| nowhere ad | In no place or state. |
| noxious | Hurtful. |
| nuance | A slight degree of difference in anything perceptible to the sense of the mind. |
| nucleus | A central point or part about which matter is aggregated. |
| nude | Naked. |
| nugatory | Having no power or force. |
| nuisance | That which annoys, vexes, or irritates. |
| numeration | The act or art of reading or naming numbers. |
| numerical | Of or pertaining to number. |
| nunnery | A convent for nuns. |
| nuptial | Of or pertaining to marriage, especially to the marriage ceremony. |
| nurture | The process of fostering or promoting growth. |
| nutriment | That which nourishes. |
| nutritive | Having nutritious properties. |
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