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microphone n. An apparatus for magnifying faint sounds. modish adj. Fashionable.
microscope n. An instrument for assisting the eye in the vision of minute objects or modulate v. To vary in tone, inflection, pitch or other quality of sound.
features of objects. mollify v. To soothe.
microscopic adj. Adapted to or characterized by minute observation. molt v. To cast off, as hair, feathers, etc.
microscopy n. The art of examing objects with the microscope. momentary adj. Lasting but a short time.
midsummer n. The middle of the summer. momentous adj. Very significant.
midwife n. A woman who makes a business of assisting at childbirth. momentum n. An impetus.
mien n. The external appearance or manner of a person. monarchy n. Government by a single, sovereign ruler.
migrant adj. Wandering. monastery n. A dwelling-place occupied in common by persons under religious vows of
migrate v. To remove or pass from one country, region, or habitat to another. seclusion.
migratory adj. Wandering. monetary adj. Financial.
mileage n. A distance in miles. mongrel n. The progeny resulting from the crossing of different breeds or varieties.
militant adj. Of a warlike or combative disposition or tendency. monition n. Friendly counsel given by way of warning and implying caution or reproof.
militarism n. A policy of maintaining great standing armies. monitory n. Admonition or warning.
militate v. To have weight or influence (in determining a question). monocracy n. Government by a single person.
militia n. Those citizens, collectively, who are enrolled and drilled in temporary military monogamy n. The habit of pairing, or having but one mate.
organizations. monogram n. A character consisting of two or more letters interwoven into one, usually
Milky Way n. The galaxy. initials of a name.
millet n. A grass cultivated for forage and cereal. monograph n. A treatise discussing a single subject or branch of a subject.
mimic v. To imitate the speech or actions of. monolith n. Any structure or sculpture in stone formed of a single piece.
miniature adj. Much smaller than reality or that the normal size. monologue n. A story or drama told or performed by one person.
minimize v. To reduce to the smallest possible amount or degree. monomania n. The unreasonable pursuit of one idea.
minion n. A servile favorite. monopoly n. The control of a thing, as a commodity, to enable a person to raise its price.
ministration n. Any religious ceremonial. monosyllable n. A word of one syllable.
ministry n. A service. monotone n. The sameness or monotony of utterance.
minority n. The smaller in number of two portions into which a number or a group is monotonous adj. Unchanging and tedious.
divided. monotony n. A lack of variety.
minute adj. Exceedingly small in extent or quantity. monsieur n. A French title of respect, equivalent to Mr. and sir.
minutia n. A small or unimportant particular or detail. monstrosity n. Anything unnaturally huge or distorted.
mirage n. An optical effect looking like a sheet of water in the desert. moonbeam n. A ray of moonlight.
misadventure n. An unlucky accident. morale n. A state of mind with reference to confidence, courage, zeal, and the like.
misanthropic adj. Hating mankind. moralist n. A writer on ethics.
misanthropy n. Hatred of mankind. morality n. Virtue.
misapprehend v. To misunderstand. moralize v. To render virtuous.
misbehave v. To behave ill. moratorium n. An emergency legislation authorizing a government suspend some action temporarily.
misbehavior n. Ill or improper behavior. morbid adj. Caused by or denoting a diseased or unsound condition of body or mind.
mischievous adj. Fond of tricks. mordacious adj. Biting or giving to biting.
miscount v. To make a mistake in counting. mordant adj. Biting.
miscreant n. A villain. moribund adj. On the point of dying.
misdeed n. A wrong or improper act. morose adj. Gloomy.
misdemeanor n. Evil conduct, small crime. morphology n. the science of organic forms.
miser n. A person given to saving and hoarding unduly. motley adj. Composed of heterogeneous or inharmonious elements.
mishap n. Misfortune. motto n. An expressive word or pithy sentence enunciating some guiding rule of life, or
misinterpret v. To misunderstand. faith.
mislay v. To misplace. mountaineer n. One who travels among or climbs mountains for pleasure or exercise.
mismanage v. To manage badly, improperly, or unskillfully. mountainous adj. Full of or abounding in mountains.
misnomer n. A name wrongly or mistakenly applied. mouthful n. As much as can be or is usually put into the or exercise.
misogamy n. Hatred of marriage. muddle v. To confuse or becloud, especially with or as with drink.
misogyny n. Hatred of women. muffle v. To deaden the sound of, as by wraps.
misplace v. To put into a wrong place. mulatto n. The offspring of a white person and a black person.
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muleteer n. A mule-driver. nestle v. To adjust cozily in snug quarters.
multiform adj. Having many shapes, or appearances. nestling adj. Recently hatched.
multiplicity n. the condition of being manifold or very various. nettle v. To excite sensations of uneasiness or displeasure in.
mundane adj. Worldly, as opposed to spiritual or celestial. network n. Anything that presents a system of cross- lines.
municipal adj. Of or pertaining to a town or city, or to its corporate or local government. neural adj. Pertaining to the nerves or nervous system.
municipality n. A district enjoying municipal government. neurology n. The science of the nervous system.
munificence n. A giving characterized by generous motives and extraordinary liberality. neuter adj. Neither masculine nor feminine.
munificent adj. Extraordinarily generous. neutral adj. Belonging to or under control of neither of two contestants.
muster n. An assemblage or review of troops for parade or inspection, or for numbering off. nevertheless conj. Notwithstanding.
mutation n. The act or process of change. Newtonian adj. Of or pertaining to Sir Isaac Newton, the English philosopher.
mutilate v. To disfigure. niggardly adj. Stingy. (no longer acceptable to use)
mutiny n. Rebellion against lawful or constituted authority. nihilist n. An advocate of the doctrine that nothing either exists or can be known.
myriad n. A vast indefinite number. nil n. Nothing [ Pobierz całość w formacie PDF ]