M Words Flashcards
A medium-sized, chiefly forest-dwelling Old World monkey which has a long face and cheek pouches for holding food.
macaque
Sneaky, cunning, and lacking a moral code.
Machiavellian
the whole of a complex structure, especially the world or the universe, contrasted with a small or representative part of it.
macrocosm
The fact or condition of being magnanimous; generosity.
magnanimity
A canticle used in Christian liturgy, especially at vespers and evensong, the text being the hymn of the Virgin Mary (Luke 1:46–55).
Magnificat
The mistaken use of a word in place of a similar-sounding one, often with unintentionally amusing effect, as in, for example, “dance a flamingo ” (instead of flamenco ).
malapropism
A muscle which runs through the rear part of the cheek from the temporal bone to the lower jaw on each side and closes the jaw in chewing.
masseter
A cherry tree native to both Eurasia and North America, commercially important for both its fruit and wood.
mazzard
Belonging or pertaining to the insect order Mecoptera, comprising the scorpionflies and hangingflies.
mecopteran
Partial blindness.
meropia
a member of an Apache people of New Mexico.
Mescalero
the therapeutic system of F. A. Mesmer./ Hypnotism
mesmerist
A print made from an engraved copper or steel plate on which the surface has been partially roughened, for shading, and partially scraped smooth, giving light areas.
mezzotint
a hatred, fear, or intolerance of innovation or change.
misoneism
A semi-mythical remedy with as many as 65 ingredients, used as an antidote for poisoning.
mithridate
