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macadamize v. To cover or pave, as a path or roadway, with small broken stone.
macrocosm n. The whole of any sphere or department of nature or knowledge to which man is related.
magnanimous adj. Generous in treating or judging others.
malady n. Any physical disease or disorder, especially a chronic or deep-seated one.
mandate n. A command.
manumission n. Emancipation.
manumit v. To set free from bondage.
matinee n. An entertainment (especially theatrical) held in the daytime.
maudlin adj. Foolishly and tearfully affectionate.
maxim n. A principle accepted as true and acted on as a rule or guide.
mealy-mouthed adj. Afraid to express facts or opinions plainly.
meander v. To wind and turn while proceeding in a course.
mellifluous adj. Sweetly or smoothly flowing.
menagerie n. A collection of wild animals, especially when kept for exhibition.
mendacious adj. Untrue.
mendicant n. A beggar.
meretricious adj. Alluring by false or gaudy show.
messieurs n. pl. Gentlemen.
mete v. To apportion.
metempsychosis n. Transition of the soul of a human being at death into another body, whether human or beast.
meticulous adj. Over-cautious.
metonymy n. A figure of speech that consists in the naming of a thing by one of its attributes.
mettle n. Courage.
microcosm n. The world or universe on a small scale.
mien n. The external appearance or manner of a person.
migratory adj. Wandering.
militate v. To have weight or influence (in determining a question).
millet n. A grass cultivated for forage and cereal.
ministration n. Any religious ceremonial.
minutia n. A small or unimportant particular or detail.
misanthropic adj. Hating mankind.
miscreant n. A villain.
miser n. A person given to saving and hoarding unduly.
misnomer n. A name wrongly or mistakenly applied.
missal n. The book containing the service for the celebration of mass.
missive n. A message in writing.
miter n. The junction of two bodies at an equally divided angle.
mitigate v. To make milder or more endurable.
mnemonics n. A system of principles and formulas designed to assist the recollection in certain instances.
moat n. A ditch on the outside of a fortress wall.
mobocracy n. Lawless control of public affairs by the mob or populace.
moccasin n. A foot-covering made of soft leather or buckskin.
momentous adj. Very significant.
monition n. Friendly counsel given by way of warning and implying caution or reproof.
monitory n. Admonition or warning.
monolith n. Any structure or sculpture in stone formed of a single piece.
monomania n. The unreasonable pursuit of one idea.
morale n. A state of mind with reference to confidence, courage, zeal, and the like.
moratorium n. An emergency legislation authorizing a government suspend some action temporarily.
mordacious adj. Biting or giving to biting.
mordant adj. Biting.
morose adj. Gloomy.
mulatto n. The offspring of a white person and a black person.
muleteer n. A mule-driver.
muster n. An assemblage or review of troops for parade or inspection, or for numbering off.
myriad n. A vast indefinite number.