mausoleum :: monumental tomb mauve :: pale purple maverick :: rebel; nonconformist a person who takes an independent stand, as in politics, refusing to conform to that of a party or group mawkish :: mushy and gushy; icky-sticky sentimental; maudlin maxim :: proverb; a truth pithily stated mayhem :: injury to body; any deliberate destruction or violence meager :: scanty; inadequate mealy-mouthed :: indirect in speech; hypocritical; evasive meander :: wind or turn in its course meddlesome :: interfering mediate :: settle a dispute through the services of an outsider mediocre :: ordinary; commonplace meditation :: reflection; thought medium :: element that is a creature's natural environment; nutrient setting in which microorganisms are cultivated medium (2) :: appropriate occupation or means of expression; channel of communication; compromise medley :: mixture

meek :: submissive; patient and longsuffering megalomania :: mania for doing grandiose things melancholy :: gloomy; morose; blue melee :: fight mellifluous :: sweetly or smoothly flowing; melodious memento :: token; reminder memorialize :: commemorate menagerie :: collection of wild animals mendacious :: lying; habitually dishonest mendicant :: beggar menial :: suitable for servants; lowly; mean mentor :: counselor; teacher mercantile :: concerning trade mercenary :: motivated solely by money or gain mercurial :: capricious; changing; fickle meretricious :: flashy; tawdry merger :: combination (of two business corporations) mesmerize :: hypnotize metallurgical :: pertaining to the art of removing metals from ores metamorphosis :: change of form metaphor :: implied comparison metaphysical :: pertaining to speculative philosophy mete :: (v.)to measure; to distribute 2) (n.) a boundry mark or line meteoric :: swift; momentarily brilliant methodical :: systematic meticulous :: excessively careful; painstaking; scrupulous metropolis :: large city mettle :: courage; spirit miasma :: swamp gas; heavy, vaporous atmosphere, often emanating from decaying matter; pervasive corrupting influence. microcosm :: small world; the world in miniature migrant :: changing its habitat; wandering migratory :: wandering milieu :: environment; means of expression militant :: combative; bellicose militate :: work against millennium :: thousand-year period; period of happiness and prosperity mimicry :: imitation minatory :: menacing; threatening mincing :: affectedly dainty minion :: a servile dependent miniscule :: extremely small minute :: extremely small minutiae :: petty details mirage :: unreal reflection; optical illusion mire :: entangle; stick in swampy ground mirth :: merriment; laughter misadventure :: mischance; ill luck misanthrope :: one who hates mankind misapprehension :: error; misunderstanding miscellany :: mixture of writings on various subjects mischance :: ill luck misconstrue :: interpret incorrectly; misjudge miscreant :: wretch; villain misdemeanor :: minor crime miserly :: stingy; mean misgivings :: doubts mishap :: accident misnomer :: wrong name; incorrect designation