Quizlet SAT words from 'malediction' to 'maudlin'

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  1. malediction: The calling down of a curse or curses.
  2. malefactor: One who injures another.
  3. maleficent: Mischievous.
  4. malevolence: Ill will.
  5. malevolent: Wishing evil to others.
  6. malign: To speak evil of, especially to do so falsely and severely.
  7. malignant: Evil in nature or tending to do great harm or mischief.
  8. malleable: Pliant.
  9. mallet: A wooden hammer.
  10. maltreat: To treat ill, unkindly, roughly, or abusively.
  11. man-eater: An animal that devours human beings.
  12. man-trap: A place or structure dangerous to human life.
  13. mandate: A command.
  14. mandatory: Expressive of positive command, as distinguished from merely directory.
  15. mane: The long hair growing upon and about the neck of certain animals, as the horse and the lion.
  16. maneuver: To make adroit or artful moves: manage affairs by strategy.
  17. mania: Insanity.
  18. maniac: a person raving with madness.
  19. manifesto: A public declaration, making announcement, explanation or defense of intentions, or motives.
  20. manlike: Like a man.
  21. manliness: The qualities characteristic of a true man, as bravery, resolution, etc.
  22. mannerism: Constant or excessive adherence to one manner, style, or peculiarity, as of action or conduct.
  23. manor: The landed estate of a lord or nobleman.
  24. mantel: The facing, sometimes richly ornamented, about a fireplace, including the usual shelf above it.
  25. mantle: A cloak.
  26. manufacturer: A person engaged in manufacturing as a business.
  27. manumission: Emancipation.
  28. manumit: To set free from bondage.
  29. marine: Of or pertaining to the sea or matters connected with the sea.
  30. maritime: Situated on or near the sea.
  31. maroon: To put ashore and abandon (a person) on a desolate coast or island.
  32. martial: Pertaining to war or military operations.
  33. Martian: Pertaining to Mars, either the Roman god of war or the planet.
  34. martyrdom: Submission to death or persecution for the sake of faith or principle.
  35. marvel: To be astonished and perplexed because of (something).
  36. masonry: The art or work of constructing, as buildings, walls, etc., with regularly arranged stones.
  37. masquerade: A social party composed of persons masked and costumed so as to be disguised.
  38. massacre: The unnecessary and indiscriminate killing of human beings.
  39. massive: Of considerable bulk and weight.
  40. masterpiece: A superior production.
  41. mastery: The attainment of superior skill.
  42. material: That of which anything is composed or may be constructed.
  43. materialize: To take perceptible or substantial form.
  44. maternal: Pertaining or peculiar to a mother or to motherhood.
  45. matinee: An entertainment (especially theatrical) held in the daytime.
  46. matricide: The killing, especially the murdering, of one's mother.
  47. matrimony: The union of a man and a woman in marriage.
  48. matrix: That which contains and gives shape or form to anything.
  49. matter of fact: Something that has actual and undeniable existence or reality.
  50. maudlin: Foolishly and tearfully affectionate.