vocab 20

Question 1

malfeasance

Answer 1

wrongdoing or misconduct especially by a public official

Question 2

malice

Answer 2

desire to cause pain, injury, or distress to another

intent to commit an unlawful act or cause harm without legal justification or excuse

Question 3

malinger

Answer 3

exaggerate or feign illness in order to escape duty or work.

Question 4

malleable

Answer 4

able to be hammered or pressed permanently out of shape without breaking or cracking.

easily influenced

Question 5

maverick

Answer 5

an unorthodox or independent-minded person

Question 6

mediate

Answer 6

intervene between people in a dispute in order to bring about an agreement or reconciliation.

Question 7

medieval

Answer 7

relating to the Middle Ages.

primitive or old fashioned

Question 8

mediocrity

Answer 8

the quality or state of being mediocre.

subpar

sucky

mid

Question 9

medley

Answer 9

a varied mixture of people or things

mixed

Question 10

mercurial

Answer 10

subject to sudden or unpredictable changes of mood or mind.

Question 11

meticulous

Answer 11

showing great attention to detail; very careful and precise.

Question 12

mimicry

Answer 12

the action or art of imitating someone or something, typically in order to entertain or ridicule.

Question 13

complex sentence

Answer 13

A sentence with one dependent and one or more independent clauses, sometimes connected by a subordinating conjunction

Although I was tired, I kept doing my AP Lang homework.