"M" words - Part 1

Julia P.
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  1. magnanimous
    noble and generous in spirit
  2. magnanimity
    nobility and generosity of spirit
  3. malaise
    a feeling of mild sickness or depression
  4. malevolent
    wishing or appearing to wish evil to others
  5. malice
    the desire to see others suffer
  6. malicious
    having the nature of threatening evil
  7. malignant
    dangerous to health
  8. malign
    speak unfavorably about
  9. malleable
    capable of being shaped or bent
  10. manifest
    clearly revealed to the mind or the senses or judgment
  11. mar
    cause to become imperfect
  12. martyr
    one who voluntarily suffers death
  13. marvel
    be amazed at
  14. masticate
    bite and grind with the teeth
    to chew
  15. maxim
    a saying that is widely accepted on its own merits
  16. mediocre
    moderate to inferior in quality
  17. mediocrity
    ordinariness as a consequence of being average
  18. mediate
    act between parties with a view to reconciling differences
  19. melancholy
    a constitutional tendency to be gloomy and depressed
  20. melange
    a varied mixture or assortment of things
  21. mendacious
    given to lying
  22. mercurial
    liable to sudden unpredictable change
  23. merge
    mix together different elements
  24. meritorious
    deserving reward or praise
  25. metaphor
    a figure of speech that suggests a non-literal similarity
  26. meticulous
    marked by precise accordance with details
  27. minuscule
    very small
  28. minutia
    a small or minor detail
  29. misanthrope
    someone who dislikes people in general
  30. misogyny
    hatred of women
  31. misbegotten
    poorly thought out
    poorly planned
  32. mistral
    a strong north wind that blows in France during the winter
  33. misogamy
    hatred of marriage
  34. misology
    hatred of reasoning
  35. misopedia
    hatred of children
  36. misocainea
    hatred of new ideas
  37. monotonous
    sounded or spoken in a tone unvarying in pitch
  38. monarchy
    autocracy governed by a ruler who usually inherits authority
  39. monologue
    a dramatic speech by a single actor
  40. monastic
    relating to life in an isolated religious community
  41. monogamy
    having only one spouse at a time
  42. mores
    the conventions embodying the fundamental values of a group
  43. morph
    cause to change shape in a computer animation
  44. munificent
    given or giving freely, generously, or without restriction
  45. mutability
    the quality of being capable of change
  46. myopic
    unable to see distant objects clearly
  47. myriad
    a large indefinite number
  48. mirth
    great merriment
  49. mire
    a soft wet area of low-lying land that sinks underfoot
Created on Tue Sep 13 15:41:46 EDT 2011 (updated Wed Sep 14 16:14:30 EDT 2011)

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