M List Vocabulary

Question 1

crafty schemes, plots, intrigues

Answer 1

machinations

Question 2

greatest single work of an artist

Answer 2

magnum opus

Question 3

act or habit of misusing words ridiculously (confusion of words that are similar in sound)

Answer 3

malapropism

Question 4

to pretend or exaggerate incapacity or illness in order to avoid work or responsibility

Answer 4

malinger

Question 5

readily perceived by eye; understanding, plain, apparent

Answer 5

manifest

Question 6

expert or connoisseur

Answer 6

maven

Question 7

any place where people visit/hope to visit

Answer 7

mecca

Question 8

alluring by show of flashy/vulgar attractions based on pretense, deception/insincerity

Answer 8

meretricious

Question 9

dangerous, foreboding, death-like influence/atmosphere poisonous germs polluting atmosphere

Answer 9

miasma

Question 10

air, bearing, or demeaning

Answer 10

mien

Question 11

surroundings, social/culture nature

Answer 11

milieu

Question 12

trivial detail; precise, small/trifling matters

Answer 12

minutiae

Question 13

depraved villainous, unorthodox, heretical; (n.:) villain

Answer 13

miscreant

Question 14

exact, appropriate word; aptness

Answer 14

mot juste

Question 15

person who sells quack medicines; attracting/influencing audience by tricks (storytelling charlatan)

Answer 15

mountebank

Question 16

foul-smelling tobacco

Answer 16

mundungus

Question 17

very great or indefinite number of things

Answer 17

myriad