Quizlet SAT words from 'metropolis' to 'misnomer'

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  1. metropolis: A chief city, either the capital or the largest or most important city of a state.
  2. metropolitan: Pertaining to a chief city.
  3. mettle: Courage.
  4. mettlesome: Having courage or spirit.
  5. microcosm: The world or universe on a small scale.
  6. micrometer: An instrument for measuring very small angles or dimensions.
  7. microphone: An apparatus for magnifying faint sounds.
  8. microscope: An instrument for assisting the eye in the vision of minute objects or features of objects.
  9. microscopic: Adapted to or characterized by minute observation.
  10. microscopy: The art of examing objects with the microscope.
  11. midsummer: The middle of the summer.
  12. midwife: A woman who makes a business of assisting at childbirth.
  13. mien: The external appearance or manner of a person.
  14. migrant: Wandering.
  15. migrate: To remove or pass from one country, region, or habitat to another.
  16. migratory: Wandering.
  17. mileage: A distance in miles.
  18. militant: Of a warlike or combative disposition or tendency.
  19. militarism: A policy of maintaining great standing armies.
  20. militate: To have weight or influence (in determining a question).
  21. militia: Those citizens, collectively, who are enrolled and drilled in temporary military organizations.
  22. Milky Way: The galaxy.
  23. millet: A grass cultivated for forage and cereal.
  24. mimic: To imitate the speech or actions of.
  25. miniature: Much smaller than reality or that the normal size.
  26. minimize: To reduce to the smallest possible amount or degree.
  27. minion: A servile favorite.
  28. ministration: Any religious ceremonial.
  29. ministry: A service.
  30. minority: The smaller in number of two portions into which a number or a group is divided.
  31. minute: Exceedingly small in extent or quantity.
  32. minutia: A small or unimportant particular or detail.
  33. mirage: An optical effect looking like a sheet of water in the desert.
  34. misadventure: An unlucky accident.
  35. misanthropic: Hating mankind.
  36. misanthropy: Hatred of mankind.
  37. misapprehend: To misunderstand.
  38. misbehave: To behave ill.
  39. misbehavior: Ill or improper behavior.
  40. mischievous: Fond of tricks.
  41. miscount: To make a mistake in counting.
  42. miscreant: A villain.
  43. misdeed: A wrong or improper act.
  44. misdemeanor: Evil conduct, small crime.
  45. miser: A person given to saving and hoarding unduly.
  46. mishap: Misfortune.
  47. misinterpret: To misunderstand.
  48. mislay: To misplace.
  49. mismanage: To manage badly, improperly, or unskillfully.
  50. misnomer: A name wrongly or mistakenly applied.