GO TO INDEX English Vocabulary Words Start from Letter 'M'
MACHIAVELLIAN: Sacrificing moral principles in order to attain power; politically cunning; crafty. Sentence: * A Machiavellian
design,
wickedly contrived. Synonym: Unscrupulous.
MALICIOUS (noun: MALICE): Bearing, or acting with, deliberate ill-will or spite Sentence: * Hurting with malicious
intent. Synonyms: Rancorous, Malignant, Malevolent, Virulent, Vindictive. Antonym: benign.
MASQUERADE: (verb): To assume a deceptive appearance or
character. Sentence: * A thief masquerading as an honest man. Synonyms: Dissemble, Feign. (noun): A disguise; a group of people in disguise or fancy costumes. Sentence: * A masquerade so perfect no one could guess
his identity.
MAUDLIN: Sentimental to the point of tears. Sentence: * Turned maudlin at the mention of his lost dog. Synonym: Mawkish, Lachrymose.
MEANDER: To walk about (or talk) aimlessly; to wind about (as a stream). Sentence: * Meandered through the town, looking
into
shop windows. Synonym: Ramble.
MEDIOCRE: Average in quality. Sentence: * A mediocre performance, unworthy of his talents.
MERCENARY: Acting solely from a
consideration of reward or profit Sentence: * Actuated by a mercenary motive. Synonym: Venal.
MERETRICIOUS: Attracting in a false, cheap, or showy manner. Sentence: * A meretricious beauty that is too flashy to be real. Synonyms: Tawdry, Specious.
METICULOUS: Fussy about minute details. Sentence: * Took meticulous pains with his
composition. Synonyms: Fastidious, Punctilious, Overscrupulous, Finical, Methodical. Antonyms: Desultory, Perfunctory, Slovenly.
METTLE (adj.
METTLESOME: high-spirited ): Disposition; spirit; courage Sentence: * His mettle was tried in battle. Idiom: to be on one's mettle (meaning, “ready to do one's
best”) Synonyms: Temperament, Ardor.
MICROCOSM: A little world, or a universe in miniature. Sentence: * This village, a microcosm of the great outside world. Antonym: Macrocosm (world on a large scale).
MIMIC: To make fun of or copy by imitating. Sentence: * Mimicked the comedian's gestures.
MISANTHROPIC (noun:
MISANTHROPE): Hating or distrusting mankind. Sentence: * Condemned for his misanthropic views. Antonyms: Philanthropic, Altruistic.
MISNOMER: A name or
term that describes wrongly Sentence: * To call him a brave man is really a misnomer.
MONOLOGUE: A speech by one person. Sentence: * The actor gave his views in a
dramatic monologue. Synonym: Soliloquy. Antonyms: Colloquy (adj. colloquial): conversation between two or more persons; dialogue: conversation
between
two persons.
MOROSE: Gloomy; ill-humoured. Sentence: * Shunned because of his morose temper. Synonyms: Sulky, Crabbed, Sullen, Splenetic, Saturnine. Antonyms: Blithe, Genial.
MOTLEY: Of various colors; of mixed ingredients. Sentence: * A motley costume; a motley crowd. Synonyms: Checkered (referring to a
varied career), Piebald, Variegated, Diverse, Heterogeneous
Antonym: Homogeneous.
MOTTLED: Spotted or streaked with varied colors. Sentence: * A mottled pony. Synonyms: Blotched, Dappled.
MUNDANE: Of, or pertaining to, the world, as contrasted with the spirit. Sentence: * Mundane affairs. Synonyms: Earthly, Terrestrial, Secular, Temporal.
MUTABLE: Given to frequent change in nature, mood, or form. Sentence: * Mutable in mood as a spring wind. Synonyms: Vacillating, Fickle, Inconstant, Fitful, Mercurial, Wavering, Capricious Antonyms: Constant, Steady.
MYRIAD: Innumerable. Sentence: * The myriad stars in the heavens.
No comments:
Post a Comment