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| macadamize | to cover (as a path or roadway) with small broken stone | |
| macrocosm | the whole of any sphere or department of nature or knowledge to which man is related | |
| madonna | a painting or sculpting of the Virgin, usually with Jesus | |
| magnanimous | generous in treating or judging others | |
| magnate | a person of rank or importance | |
| maharaja | a great Hindu prince | |
| malcontent | one who is dissatisfied with the existing state of affairs | |
| malediction | the calling down of a curse(s) | |
| malefactor | one who injures another | |
| maleficent | mischievous | |
| malevolence | ill will | |
| malignant | evil in nature; or tending to do great harm | |
| malleable | pliant | |
| manumission | emancipation | |
| manumit | to set free from bondage | |
| maritime | situated on or near the sea | |
| matricide | the murdering of one's mother | |
| maudlin | foolishly and tearfully affectionate | |
| mawkish | sickening or insipid | |
| mead | a meadow | |
| mealy-mouthed | afraid to express facts or opinions plainly | |
| meander | to wind and turn in a course | |
| meliorate | to make better (socially or physically) | |
| mellifluous | sweetly or smoothly flowing | |
| melodrama | a drama with a romantic story and sensational situations and incidents | |
| menagerie | a collection of wild animals, usually exhibited | |
| mendacious | untrue | |
| mendicant | a beggar | |
| mercantile | conducted or acting on business principles; commercial | |
| meretricious | alluring by false or gaudy show | |
| metonymy | a figure of speech that names something by one of its attributes (e.g., 'scepter' for sovereignty or 'the bottle' for 'strong drink' | |
| mettle | courage | |
| mettlesome | having courage or spirit | |
| microcosm | the world on a small scale | |
| mien | the external manner or appearance of a person | |
| militate | to have weight or influence (in determining a question) | |
| misadventure | an unlucky accident | |
| misanthropic | hating mankind | |
| miscreant | a villain | |
| miser | a person given to saving and hoarding unduly | |
| mislay | to misplace | |
| misogamy | hatred of marriage | |
| misogyny | hatred of women | |
| missal | the book containing the service for the celebration of the mass | |
| missive | a message in writing | |
| miter | a junction of two bodies at an equally divided angle | |
| mnemonics | a system of principles and formulas designed to help people remember things | |
| modish | fashionable | |
| modulate | to vary in tone, inflection, pitch or other quality of sound | |
| mollify | to soothe | |
| molt | to cast off, as hair, feathers, etc. | |
| mongrel | the progeny from crossing breeds or varieties | |
| monition | friendly counsel by way of warning, implying caution or reproof | |
| monolith | a sculpture formed of a single piece (of stone, ice, etc.) | |
| monomania | an unreasonable pursuit of one thing | |
| monsieur | French: similar to Mr. or sir | |
| mordacious | biting or giving to biting | |
| mordant | biting | |
| moribund | on the point of dying | |
| morose | gloomy | |
| mulatto | the child of a mixed couple (white and black) | |
| munificent | extraordinarily generous |
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