| Term | Definition |
| mercenary | a hireling, especially a hired professional soldier; motivated solely by a desire for material gain |
| moot | debatable and therefore unresolved; to bring up for a discussion |
| morass | a swamp or bog; a confused or degrading situation that is difficult to get out of |
| motley | a kind of multicolored cloth; a garment made from this cloth, especially the costume worn by a court jester or clown; diverse or varied |
| mundane | worldly; humdrum or everyday |
| myriad | countless, innumerable |
| narcissistic | dominated by an excessive love or admiration of oneself |
| nebulous | hazy, vague, or indistinct |
| negligible | too small to be significant |
| nepotism | unwarranted favoritism shown to relative or friends by someone in high office |
| nomadic | wandering, roving |
| nominal | existing in name only; insignificantly small |
| nostalgia | a longing to return to a sentimentalized past; homesickness |
| novice | a person who has just entered a religious order on a probationary basis; a beginner of any kind |
| nuance | a slight or subtle variation in menaing, expression, tone, feeling, color; or the like |