Vocabulary English-English With M Part 1
Magnanimity (noun)
the quality or state of being generous
- Always known for his magnanimity, John Fenson left his family with a sizeable inheritance after his death.
Magnification (noun)
enlargement; the act of making something bigger
- Many inclusions are not discernable to the naked eye and require magnification to become apparent.
Magnitude (noun)
the quality of being enormous
- No could have predicted beforehand the magnitude of the earthquake which was to occur in Alaska.
Mainstream (noun)
the prevailing trend, fashion, etc.
- Following Thriller, Quincy Jones worked on fewer mainstream dance projects outside of Michael Jackson's Bad.
Majestic (adjective)
large and impressive in size, scope, or extent
- A majestic movie theater built in Hollywood fifty years ago has finally been torn down.
Makeshift (adjective)
- characterized as an usually crude and temporary substitute for something: resource “We want to make people aware that the captive-bred seahorse is a much better buy," said production manager Ken Maher, from the makeshift laboratory in Connemara, west Ireland.
Malfunction (noun)
to work improperly due to mechanical difficulties
- At the lower end of the esophagus, a one way valve (the esophageal sphincter) prevents the backsplash of stomach contents upward into the esophagus. A malfunction of this valve is the most common cause of heartburn.
Malice (noun)
a desire to harm others or to see others suffer
- The way the argument played out proved that the customer had convincingly showed malice toward the worker.
Malnutrition (noun)
faulty or inadequate nourishment needed to sustain life
- An anorexic person, with protruding ribs and resembling a skeleton, often has to be hospitalized for malnutrition and forced to eat.
Manageable (adjective)
capable of being governed
- Because enrollment must be kept to a manageable level, early application at a university of your choice is recommended.
Mandate (verb)
an authoritative indication to be obeyed
- On December 5, 1955, five days after Montgomery civil rights activist Rosa Parks refused to obey the city's rules mandating segregation on buses, black residents launched a bus boycott and elected King as president of the newly formed Montgomery Improvement Association.
Maneuver (noun)
an action calculated to achieve an end
- Before the invention of the Heimlich maneuver, choking on food was a common cause of accidental death in humans, causing 6,000 deaths a year in the United States.
Mangle (verb)
to spoil, injure, or make incoherent especially through ineptitude; characterized as being injured with deep disfiguring wounds by cutting, tearing, or crushing
- He saw a man's mangled body almost completely inside his car -- head on the floorboard, torso in the air and a severed leg on the center console.
Manifestation (noun)
an act of showing or displaying
- However, better of the disorder has led to the development of better coping mechanisms and strategies for the various manifestations of the disability.
Manipulate (verb)
to control one’s own advantage by artful or indirect means
- Chimpanzees have been taught some hand signs based on American Sign Language, to manipulate colored switches or tokens, and to understand some spoken commands.
Manual (noun)
a book of instructions
- A manual on how to repair a slipping transmission has been sent to auto repair shops all over the country.
Manufacture (noun)
to create by forming, combining, or altering materials
- Through the process of photosynthesis, plants convert the light energy into stored energy. Because green plants can manufacture their own food, plants are called autotrophs or self-nourishing.
Manure (noun)
material that fertilizes land; especially: refuse of stables and barnyards consisting of livestock excreta with or without litter
- Leaving germs behind, the housefly is a common pest and disease carrier that lays eggs in garbage and manure.
Map out (verb)
to show graphically the direction or location of, as by using coordinates
- At least thirteen acres of a large underground body of water known as the Lost Sea have been mapped out, and still divers have found no end to the lake.
Margin (noun)
a fairly narrow line or space forming a boundary
- If your method of recitation included note taking in the left hand margins of your notebook, write questions for the notes you have taken.
Marine (adjective)
of or relating to the seas or oceans
- Seals move more efficiently in a marine environment.
Marketplace (noun)
an open space in a town where goods are offered for sale
- Because to compete in the emerging global economy, city-states have no choice: they must mobilize all their skills to protect their center cities, grow smarter, protect their air and water, achieve more social equity, and train their workforce to excel in an increasingly competitive world marketplace.
Marsh (noun)
a usually low-lying area of waterlogged ground and standing water
- Although fires are thought to be destructive and dangerous, many plants, such as scrub, marshes and pine flat woods depend on fire in order to survive.
Massacre (noun)
the savage killing of many victims
- Adams's innate conservatism made him determined in 1770 that the British soldier accused of the Boston Massacre was to receive a fair hearing.
Masterpiece (noun)
a work done with extraordinary skill
- For thousands of years, mythology has provided material for much of the world's great art. Myths and mythological characters have inspired masterpieces of architecture, literature, music, painting, and sculpture.
Maternity (noun)
relating to being a mother, or motherhood
Two months before the birth of her cubs, a mother polar bear instinctively begins to dig a
- maternity den.
Mate (verb)
to engage in sexual intercourse; to copulate
- After the black widow mates, she devours her partner.
Maturity (noun)
adulthood; ripeness
- In many countries, there is discrepancy as to what age children reach maturity.
Measure (noun)
the formal product of a legislative or judicial body
- In 1761, John Adams began to think and write and act against British measures that he believed infringed on colonial liberties and the right of Massachusetts and the other colonies to self-government.
Medial (adjective)
situated in the middle; at, near, or being the center
- The anterior cruciate ligament, located in the medial part of the knee structure, helps to stabilize the knee when a person is in an upright position.
Median (noun)
something, as a type, number, quantity, or degree, that represents a midpoint between extremes on a scale of valuation
- Stated more precisely, the median is a number that neither exceeds nor is exceeded by more than half of the observations.
Meditation (noun)
the act or process of thinking
- Don Quixote is an Aristotelian meditation on the nature of literature and the role of the writer in society.
Menace (noun)
regarded as a danger to someone or something
- Causing many respiratory illnesses, automobile exhaust is a menace to human health.
Menstrual (adjective)
process of ovulation and menstruation in female primates
- An anorexic girl weighs at least 15 percent less than her ideal weight, has an extreme fear of gaining weight, and has missed at least three consecutive menstrual periods.
Merely (adverb)
and nothing else or nothing more
- Bats' wings are modifications of the hands of the common mammalian ancestor; flying squirrels' wings are modifications of its rib cage. The two structures are merely analogous: similar in function.
Demikian, semoga bermanfaat.
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