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Question 1

mitigate

Answer 1

D. to make less painful

Question 2

mnemonic

\ni-ˈmä-nik\

Answer 2

D. helping the memory

E. ‘MACRO’ is a mnemonic for the five main techniques: Memory, Aims, Concentration, Review and Organization. / a mnemonic device

Question 3

mobile

Answer 3

D. capable of moving or being moved

Question 4

mode

Answer 4

D. a manner or style

E. a pop video made by a director who really understands the mode / to be in holiday mode

Question 5

modish

Answer 5

D. stylish

E. He wore a modish gray suit and hat. / a modish writer

Question 6

modicum

Answer 6

D. a bit

Question 7

modulate

Answer 7

D. to adjust or regulate

E. Because she doesn’t modulate her voice, she sounds the same when she’s excited as when she’s sad. / The music quickly modulates from its original key, changing the mood of the song.

Question 8

moiety

\ˈmȯi-yə-tē\

Answer 8

D. a share

E. the lot was split into two equal moieties

Question 9

mollify

Answer 9

D. to pacify

Question 10

molt

Answer 10

D. to shade skin or other outer parts

E. Snakes molt as they grow, shedding the old skin and growing a larger new skin.

Question 11

molten

Answer 11

D. melted

E. molten lava

Question 12

momentous

Answer 12

D. very important

E. My college graduation was a momentous day in my life.

Question 13

monetary

Answer 13

D. pertaining to money

E. a crime committed for monetary gain

Question 14

monolith

Answer 14

D. a large piece of stone

E. The media monolith owns a number of networks.

Question 15

moot

Answer 15

D. debatable; deprived of practical significance

E. The court ruled that the issue is now moot because the people involved in the dispute have died. / I think they were wrong, but the point is moot. Their decision has been made and it can’t be changed now.

Question 16

morbid

Answer 16

D. pertaining to disease; gruesome

E. a morbid fascination with death

Question 17

mordant

Answer 17

D. biting; sarcastic

E. a writer famous for her mordant humor

Question 18

mores

\ˈmȯr-ˌāz\

Answer 18

D. ways or costumes that are quite important to the culture

E. the mores of academic life as opposed to those of the business world

Question 19

moribund

\ˈmȯr-ə-(ˌ)bənd\

Answer 19

D. dying

E. an actor who is trying to revive his moribund career

Question 20

morose

Answer 20

D. gloomy

Question 21

mortify

Answer 21

D. to punish (oneself) by self-denial; to make (sb) feel ashamed (“mort”=death)

E. It mortified me to have to admit that I’d never actually read the book. / She was mortified to realize he had heard every word she said.

Question 22

mote

Answer 22

D. a speck

E. there’s not a mote of dirt in that woman’s house

Question 23

motif

\mō-ˈtēf\

Answer 23

D. a main theme

E. wallpaper with a flower motif / Among nature motif s, feathers have a more decorative feel than coral.

Question 24

motley

\ˈmät-lē\

Answer 24

D. of many colors; made up of many unlike parts

E. a motley crew of musicians

Question 25

mountebank

\ˈmau̇n-ti-ˌbaŋk\

Answer 25

D. a quak (bad / fake doctor)

E. claimed that many doctors were frauds and mountebanks

Question 26

mufti

\ˈmōf-tē\

Answer 26

D. civilian clothes

E. officers in mufti

Question 27

motility

Answer 27

D. ability to move by itself

Question 28

*mulet

Answer 28

**

Question 29

multiplicity

Answer 29

D. a great number of (various things)

E. a multiplicity of suggestions for turning the company around / Shakespeare’s works seem to encompass the full multiplicity of human experience.

Question 30

mundane

Answer 30

D. worldly; commonplace

Question 31

munificent

Answer 31

D. generous; lavish

Question 32

muse

Answer 32

D. to ponder, to become absorbed in thought

E. I could sell the house, she mused, but then where would I go?

Question 33

mutable

Answer 33

D. changeable

E. a politician with very mutable positions on all the issues

Question 34

mutilate

\ˈmyü-tə-ˌlāt\

Answer 34

D. to damage by cutting off or injuring the vital parts

E. a painting mutilated by vandals / was lucky not to be mutilated in the car crash

Question 35

mutinous

\ˈmyü-tə-nəs

Answer 35

D. inclined to rebel or revolt

E. vowed that he would someday see the mutinous crew hang

Question 36

myopia

\mī-ˈō-pē-ə\

Answer 36

D. nearsightedness

E. The cancellation of the popular show was a result of managerial myopia. / She wears eyeglasses to correct her myopia.

Question 37

myriad

Answer 37

D. a great number

Question 38

nadir

\ˈnā-ˌdi-ər\

Answer 38

D. the worst moment of a particular situation

E. the nadir of his career / Company losses reached their nadir in 2009.

Question 39

naiad

\ˈnā-yəd\

Answer 39

D. a water spirit; a female swimmer

E. in Greek mythology, naiads supposedly drowned the young men with whom they became enamored

Question 40

mute

Answer 40

D. silent

Question 41

naïveté

\nä-ˌēv-ˈtā\

Answer 41

D. simplicity; lack of sophistication

E. her naïveté led her to leave her new car unlocked while she shopped at the mal

Question 42

narcissism

Answer 42

D. love for the self

Question 43

nascent

Answer 43

D. being born; started to develop (“nasci” to be born)

E. The actress is now focusing on her nascent singing career.

Question 44

natal

\nə-ˈtal\

Answer 44

D. pertaining to one’s birth (“nasci” to be born)

E. a natal star

Question 45

nauseous

\ˈnä-shəs\

Answer 45

D. sickening

E. The smell of gasoline makes me nauseous.

Question 46

nebulous

Answer 46

D. vague; indefinite