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- mackintosh: waterproof long coat made of rubberized cloth
- magic: any art that invokes supernatural powers
- magician: one who performs magic tricks to amuse an audience; sorcerer; wizard magistrate: civil officer with power to administer and enforce law
- magnetic: having the properties of attracting iron or steel; captivating; attractive; being to draw or pull magnetism: attraction for iron; associated with electric currents as well as magnets
- magnificent: grand or noble in thought or deed; outstanding of its kind
- magnify: intensify; increase; make greater in size; enlarge
- magnitude: extent; greatness of rank, size, or position
- maintain: keep in any particular state or condition; keep up or carry on; continue
- maintenance: preservation; support; continuance; court-ordered support paid by one spouse to another
- maize: tall annual cereal grass bearing kernels on large ears
- majesty: nobility; greatness and dignity of a sovereign; royal personage
- major: greater in number, quantity, or extent; more important
- majority: greater number or part; a number more than half of the total
- malady: disease, disorder, or ailment; unwholesome condition
- malaise: general sense of depression or unease; vague feeling of bodily discomfort, as at beginning of illness
- malice: enmity of heart; malevolence; ill will; spirit delighting in harm or misfortune to another malicious: deliberately harmful; spiteful; proceeding from extreme hatred
- manifest: clearly apparent to understanding; obvious
- manifestation: revelation; indication of the existence, reality, or presence of something
- manifesto: public declaration of principles; statement of policy
- manipulate: operate with one’s hands; control or play upon people, forces artfully
- mansion: dwelling-house of the better class; a large or stately residence
- manual: guide book; hand-operated
- manufacture: make products by hand or machinery; make from raw materials
- manuscript: written with or by the hand; not printed; literary or musical composition written with the hand
- map: depict as if on a map; plan or delineate, especially in detail; arrange
- maple: tree of the genus Acer, including about fifty species
- marble: hard crystalline metamorphic rock that takes a high polish
- march: walking with regular steps; a procession of people walking together; steady advance
- margin: border; rim; room
- marginal: of or pertaining to a margin; written or printed in the margin
- marine: sea-dwelling; maritime; naval
- mariner: one whose occupation is to assist in navigating ships; seaman or sailor
- marked: noticeable or pronounced; having one or more distinguishing marks
- marsh: swamp; bog; low lying wet land with grassy vegetation
- marshal: put in order; arrange or place something in line
- martyr: one who makes great sacrifices or suffers to further belief or principle; one who endures great suffering
- marvel: wonder; strong surprise; astonishment
- masculine: of the male sex; not female; having the qualities of a man
- mask: try to conceal something; disguise; hide under a false appearance
- massacre: killing of a considerable number of human beings under circumstances of atrocity or cruelty
- massive: enormous; colossal; consisting of great mass; containing a great quantity of matter
- mast: fruit of the oak and beech, or other forest trees; nuts; acorns; a pole, or long, strong, round piece of timber, or spar, set upright in a boat or vessel, to sustain the sails, yards, rigging
- masterpiece: chief excellence or great talent; outstanding work of art or craft
- match: something that resembles or harmonizes with
- mate: a fellow member of a team
- material: of, relating to, or composed of matter; concerned with physical, not from intellectual or spiritual
- materialism: philosophical theory that matter is the only reality
- mathematics: science dealing with the logic of quantity and shape
- mattress: quilted bed; bed stuffed with hair, moss, or other suitable material, and quilted or otherwise fastened
- mature: develop and reach maturity; grow old or older
- maturity: state or quality of being mature; ripeness; full development; arrival of the time fixed for payment
- maximum: the largest possible quantity
- meadow: tract of low or level land producing grass; any field on which grass is grown for hay
- measure: determine the size of something; mark, lay out, or establish dimensions; estimate by evaluation or comparison
- mechanical: automatic; monotonous; relating to or governed by or in accordance with mechanics mechanics: branch of physics concerned with the motion of bodies
- mechanism: device; machine; the technical aspects of doing something
- medal: a piece of metal in form of coin, and intended to preserve remembrance of notable event or person, or to serve as a reward
- medieval: very old-fashioned; as if belonging to the Middle Ages
- meditate: dwell on anything in thought; think seriously; keep the mind fixed upon; purpose; intend
- meditation: lengthy intent consideration; long and thoughtful observation; contemplation of spiritual matters
- medium: state that is intermediate between extremes
- meek: quiet and obedient; showing patience and humility
- melancholy: gloomy; feeling of thoughtful sadness; affected by depression
- melody: tune; pleasing succession or arrangement of sounds; poem suitable for setting to music or singing
- melon: juicy fruit of certain cucurbitaceous plants, as the muskmelon, watermelon; plant that produces the fruit juicy
- melt: changed from a solid to a liquid state especially by the application of heat
- memo: short note; memorandum; written proposal or reminder
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- memorial: monument; short note or abstract, intended for registry, exhibiting the particulars of a deed memorize: commemorate; commit to memory; learn by heart
- memory: faculty of mind by which it retains the knowledge of previous thoughts, impressions, or events
- menace: danger; a threat or the act of threatening; something that is a source of danger; threaten; intimidate
- mend: make repairs or restoration to; fix; improve
- mental: involving mind or intellectual process; affected by disorder of mind
- mentality: mental action or power; intellectual activity; intellectuality
- mention: speak or notice of anything, usually in a brief or cursory manner
- menu: an agenda of things to do
- mercantile: trading; commercial; of or relating to trade or traders
- merchandise: objects for sale; goods
- merchant: one who traffics on a large scale, especially with foreign countries; trafficker; trader
- mercy: compassionate treatment of unfortunate and helpless; willingness to spare or to help; disposition to be kind
- mere: being nothing more than what is specified; considered apart from anything else; small; slight merge: combine; unite
- merit: virtue; admirable quality or attribute; credit
- mermaid: legendary sea creature having the head and upper body of a woman and the tail of a fish
- mesh: opening or space inclosed by the threads of a net between knot and knot; network or net
- mess: soft semi liquid food; a quantity of food set on a table at one time; provision of food for one meal
- metallic: of or pertaining to metal; of metal nature; resembling metal
- method: orderly procedure or process; regular manner of doing anything
- methodology: system of methods followed in a particular discipline
- meticulous: excessively careful; marked by extreme care in treatment of details
- metric: relating to measurement; involving, or proceeding by measurement.
- metropolitan: city center; one who lives in a city center
- microscope: magnifier of the image of small objects
- microwave: a short electromagnetic wave; cook or heat in a microwave oven
- mighty: having or showing great strength or force or intensity
- migrant: habitually moving from place to place especially in search of seasonal work; wandering migrate: move from one country or region to another and settle there
- migration: movement of persons from one country or locality to another
- milestone: landmark; significant development
- military: pertaining to soldiers, to arms, or to war; of whole body of soldiers
- milk: white fluid secreted by the mammary glands of female mammals for the nourishment of their young
- miller: one who keeps or attends a flour mill or gristmill; milling machine
- dmillionaire: one whose material wealth is valued at more than a million dollars
- mince: cut into very small pieces; chop fine; suppress or weaken the force of
- mingle: be all mixed up or jumbled together;
- miniature: very small; model that represents something in a greatly reduced size
- minimize: diminish; belittle; make small or insignificant
- minimum: the smallest possible quantity
- minister: one who performs service for another; officer of justice; executive head of a government department
- ministry: act of serving; government department, at the administrative level normally headed by a minister
- minor: of lesser importance or stature or rank; not of legal age; limited in size or scope
- minority: a group of people who differ racially or politically from a larger group
- minus: less; requiring to be subtracted; negative
- minute: extremely small; short note
- miracle: wonderful thing; something that excites admiration or astonishment
- miraculous: astonishing; amazing
- miscarriage: failure of administration or management; failure to attain a desired result or reach a destination
- mischief: behavior that causes discomfiture or annoyance in another; tendency to play pranks or cause embarrassment
- miserable: very unhappy; full of misery; wretched
- misery: great unhappiness; extreme pain of body or mind
- misfortune: bad fortune or ill luck; bad luck
- misgiving: feeling of doubt, distrust, or apprehension
- mishap: unfortunate accident; bad luck
- mislead: deceive; misguide
- missile: weapon that is thrown or projected; rocket carrying instruments or warhead
- mission: assignment that is given to a person or group; operation that is assigned by a higher headquarters; job; task
- mist: visible watery vapor suspended in atmosphere, at or near the surface of the earth; fog
- moan: a low prolonged sound of grief or pain, whether articulate or not; groan softly and continuously mobile: movable; not fixed; fluid; unstable
- mobilize: assemble, prepare, or put into operation for or as if for war; make mobile or capable of movement
- mock: treat with ridicule or contempt; mimic; frustrate hopes of
- mode: prevailing style; manner; way of doing something; fashion or style
- moderate: temperate; gentle; mild; make less fast or intense ; preside over
- modest: humble; less ambitious; moderate
- modification: act of modifying, or state of being modified; modified form or condition; a change modify: alter; change
- modulate: tone down in intensity; regulate; change from one key to another
- module: standard or unit of measurement; self-contained component of a system; unit of education covering a single topic
- moist: slightly wet; damp or humid
- moisture: wetness caused by water
- molecular: of molecules; relating to simple or basic structure or form
- molecule: the smallest particle of substance, having all the properties of that substance
- momentary: done in a moment; continuing only a moment; lasting a very short time
- momentous: very important; of outstanding significance or consequence
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- monarch: king; sole and absolute ruler; sovereign, such as a king or empress
- monastery: house of religious retirement, or of seclusion from ordinary temporal concerns, especially for monks
- monetary: of or relating to money; nation’s currency; financial
- monitor: observe; watch; keep an eye on
- monopolize: dominate; occupy; have and control fully and exclusively
- monopoly: exclusive control or possession of something; domination
- monotonous: boring; dull; tediously repetitious or lacking in variety
- monotony: uniformity or lack of variation; continual increase, or continual decrease; tedium as a result of repetition
- monster: beast; ugly creature; someone or something that is abnormally large and powerful
- monstrous: marvelous; strange; extraordinary on account of ugliness, viciousness, or wickedness
- monument: structure erected to commemorate persons or events; memorial
- monumental: massive; taking a great amount of time and effort to complete; in manner of a monument
- moor: dark-colored person generally; broad area of open land, often high but poorly drained
- morale: confidence; mood or spirit of a group that makes the members wants the group to succeed
- morality: set of social rules, customs, traditions, beliefs, or practices which specify proper, acceptable forms of conduct
- moreover: beyond what has been said; further; besides; in addition; furthermore; also; likewise
- mortal: man, human being; liable or subject to death; accompanying death
- motel: motor hotel; lodging rooms adjacent to a parking lot
- motion: movement; act of changing location; ability or power to move
- motionless: at rest, stationary, immobile, not moving
- motivate: stimulate; impel; provide with an incentive; move to action
- motivation: incentive; psychological feature that arouses an organism to action toward a desired goal motive: emotion, desire, physiological need; that which gives purpose and direction to behavior motto: short, suggestive expression of a guiding principle; maxim
- mould: crumbling, soft, friable earth; soil
- mount: go up or advance; fix onto a backing; put up or launch
- mourn: express or to feel grief or sorrow; grieve; be sorrowful
- mournful: feeling or expressing sorrow or grief; sad; gloomy
- mourning: expression of deep sorrow because someone has died
- moustache: hair growing on the human upper lip, especially when cultivated and groomed
- mouth: opening through which an animal receives food; aperture between jaws or between lips
- movement: act of moving; change of place or posture; transference, by any means, from one situation to another
- muffle: bare end of nose between nostrils
- muffler: heavy scarf worn around the neck for warmth; anything used in muffling; part of the exhaust pipe of a car that dampens the noise
- multiple: having, or consisting of more than one part; many
- multiply: proliferate; increase; combine by multiplication
- multitude: a great number; many
- municipal: metropolitan; civic; having local self-government
- murmur: make low, confused, and indistinct sound, like that of running water
- muscular: having or suggesting great physical power; of or relating to or consisting of muscle
- muse: be absorbed in one’s thoughts; consider or say thoughtfully
- mushroom: multiply, grow, or expand rapidly
- mute: refraining from producing speech or vocal sound; unable to speak; expressed without speech; unspoken
- mutton: sheep; flesh of a sheep; loose woman; prostitute
- mutual: common to or shared by two or more parties; shared
- myriad: of very large or indefinite number; of ten thousand
- mysterious: beyond ordinary understanding
- myth: legend; fable; a traditional story accepted as history
- mythology: study of myths; collection of myth
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