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SAT Vocab: "M"
AP exam prep, vocab, letter M
| Word | Definition |
|---|---|
| Machination | plot or scheme |
| Macrobiotics | art of prolonging life by special diet or organic, nonmeat substances |
| Maelstrom | whirlpool; turmoil; agitated state of mind |
| Magnanimous | generous, noble in spirit |
| Magnitude | extent, greatness of size |
| Maladroit | clumsy, tactless |
| Malady | illness |
| Malapropism | humorous misuse of a word |
| Malcontent | discontented person, one who holds a grudge |
| Malediction | curse |
| Malefactor | evildoer; culprit |
| Malinger | to evade responsibility by pretending to be ill |
| Malodorous | foul smelling |
| Martinet | strict disciplinarian, one who rigidly follows rules |
| Martyr | person dying for his/her beliefs |
| Matriculate | to enroll as a memor of a college or university |
| Maudlin | overly sentimental |
| Mawkish | sickeningly sentimental |
| Mendacious | dishonest |
| Mendicant | beggar |
| Mercenary | motivated only by greed |
| Mercurial | quick, shrewed and unpredictable |
| Meretricious | gaudy, falsely attractive |
| Meritorious | deserving reward or praise |
| Metamorphosis | change, transformation |
| Meticulous | extremely careful, fastidious, painstaking |
| Militate | to operate against, work against |
| Misanthrope | person who hates human beings |
| Misconstrue | to misunderstand, fail to discover |
| Miserliness | extreme stinginess |
| Misnomer | an incorrect name or designation |
| Mitigate | to softern, or make milder |
| Mnemonic | relating to memory; designed to assist memory |
| Mollify | to calm or make less excessive, restrain; regulate |
| Monastic | extremely plain or secluded, as in a monastary |
| Monochromatic | having one color |
| Moot | debatable; previously decided |
| Moribund | dying, decaying |
| Morose | gloomy, sullen or surly |
| Munificent | generous |
| Mutability | changeability |
| Myriad | immense number, multitude |