Vocab M

Question 1

Machination

Answer 1

n. a crafty plot

Question 2

Maelstrom

Answer 2

n. a powerful whirlpool or turbulent chaos

Question 3

Magnanimous

Answer 3

adj. noble and generous in spirit

Question 4

Magnate

Answer 4

n. an important person in a field of business

Question 5

Malediction

Answer 5

n. a curse

Question 6

Malevolent

Answer 6

adj. evil

Question 7

Malice

Answer 7

n. a desire to make other suffer

Question 8

Malinger

Answer 8

v. to fake an illness to avoid responsibility

Question 9

Malleable

Answer 9

adj. capable of being shaped or influenced

Question 10

Malodorous

Answer 10

adj. having an unpleasant smell

Question 11

Mar

Answer 11

v. to make imperfect; to disfigure

Question 12

Martial

Answer 12

adj. relating to war

Question 13

Martinet

Answer 13

n. a person who rigidly demands that rules are followed; a strict disciplinarian

Question 14

Matriarch

Answer 14

n. the female head of a family

Question 15

Maudlin

Answer 15

adj. foolishly emotional

Question 16

Maverick

Answer 16

n. a person who chooses to be independent in behavior or thought

Question 17

Melange

Answer 17

n. a mixture

Question 18

Mendacious

Answer 18

adj. lying, false, or untrue

Question 19

Mendicant

Answer 19

adj. begging

Question 20

Mercurial

Answer 20

adj. apt to change; volatile; lively

Question 21

Meretricious

Answer 21

adj. insincere; flashily attractive

Question 22

Meritocracy

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n. a form of social system in which power goes to those with superior abilities

Question 23

Meticulous

Answer 23

adj. extremely careful and precise with details

Question 24

Militate

Answer 24

v. to have substantial influence

Question 25

Mirth

Answer 25

n. laughter or merriment

Question 26

Misanthrope

Answer 26

n. a person who hates and distrusts mankind

Question 27

Miscreant

Answer 27

n. a person who is evil or villainous

Question 28

Miser

Answer 28

n. a stingy person who lives in miserable conditions un order to save money

Question 29

Missive

Answer 29

n. letter

Question 30

Mitigate

Answer 30

v. to make less intense or severe

Question 31

Mollify

Answer 31

v. to soften or soothe

Question 32

Molt

Answer 32

to shed feathers

Question 33

Monastic

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adj. relating to monasteries or relating to a dedicated way of life

Question 34

Morass

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n. 1) a swamp 2)a difficult situation

Question 35

Moratorium

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n. Suspension of an ongoing activity

Question 36

Mores

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n. important customs or beliefs of a group

Question 37

Morose

Answer 37

adj. gloomy

Question 38

Multifarious

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adj. having many parts and much variety

Question 39

Mundane

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adj. ordinary and something boring

Question 40

Munificent

Answer 40

adj. very generous

Question 41

Myopic

Answer 41

adj. lacking long-term vision