NSF regionals vocabulary f23 Flashcards
Minaret
A tall slender tower from which a muezzin
calls people to prayer
Minify
To make less
Minion
A servile follower or helper
Misapprehension
A misunderstanding
Misconstrue
To take in a wrong sense, misinterpret
Mitigate
To make less intense or painful
Modish
In the current fashion or style
Modus operandi
Mode of operating or working
Molten
Liquified, so intense heat that an object turned
to liquid
Moot
A subject to debate
Mordant
Having sharp humor or sarcasm
Muckrake
The search for and expose scandals
Muffle
To wrap something to deaden a sound
Mufti
Civilian clothes, a Muslim that is expert in
religious laws
Murky
Dark and gloomy
Musty
Having a stale or moldy look
Mutate
To change
Myopic
Nearsighted
Nabob
A wealthy man who loves riches
Neocolonialism
The use of political, economic, cultural and
other pressures to control countries
