M - N - O Flashcards
machiavellian
Someone Machiavellian is sneaky, cunning, and lacking a moral code.
like crafty, cunning, sly حیله گر
crafty: good at getting what you want by clever planning and by secretly deceiving people
machinations
secret, clever, and often unfair methods used to achieve something – used to show disapproval
machinations of
the political machinations of far right groups (دسیسه های سیاسی گروه های راست افراطی)
maelstrom
powerful whirlpool(گرداب)
a maelstrom of conflicting emotions
malinger
verb like feign نقش بازی کردن
to avoid work by pretending to be ill
He accused Frank of malingering.
malleable
1 technical something that is malleable is easy to press or pull into a new shape
malleable steel
2 formal someone who is malleable can be easily influenced or changed by other people
a malleable child
maverick
an unusual person who has different ideas and ways of behaving from other people, and is often very successful. independent
He’s always been a bit of a maverick.
megalomania
Megalomania is a crazy hunger for power and wealth,
Comic book villains often suffer from megalomania. Their plans are thwarted only by superheroes.
thwart: to prevent someone from doing what they are trying to do
menagerie
a group of wild animals kept privately or for the public to see
Despite the menagerie of insects, there are no bugs in this game.
mendacious
dishonest
a secretive and mendacious government
meretricious
like specious(seeming to be true or correct, but actually false) or spurious
falsely attractive
meretricious research
metamorphosis
change, transformation
It took me some time to undergo the metamorphosis from teacher to lecturer.
the metamorphosis of China under Deng’s economic reforms
Beetles undergo a complete metamorphosis in their life cycle.
metereological
concerned with the weather
If you’re interested in a meteorological career, it means you’d like to be a meteorologist — a weather expert.
microcosm
a small group, society, or place that has the same qualities as a much larger one → macrocosm
microcosm of
New York’s mix of people is a microcosm of America.
in microcosm
All the problems of society can be seen here in microcosm.
militate
to work against, to prevent something to happen.
Environmental factors militate against building the power station in this area.
minatory
threatening, menacing
This minatory approach hasn’t scared children off hard drugs.
minatory notices.
minuscule
very small opp majuscule
like lilliputian
a minuscule amount of food
Her office is minuscule.
minutiae
petty details. like trivial
I’m not interested in the minutiae of the research, just its conclusions.
miscellany
a group of different things SYN variety
miscellany of
He earned his living from a miscellany of jobs.
Almost like motely=miscellaneous