Week 15 Flashcards
Manifesto, n.
A public declaration of intentions, motives, or views.
Manuscript, n.
The original text of an author’s work, handwritten or now usually typed, that is submitted to a publisher.
Marble, n.
A metamorphic rock, often irregularly colored by impurities, used for architectural and ornamental purposes.
Martial, adj.
Belonging or relating to an army or to military life.
Masquerade, n.
A social gathering of persons wearing covers on their faces and often fantastic costumes especially to impersonate characters from history or legend.
Massacre, n.
The act or instance of killing a considerable number of human beings or animals.
Massage, n.
The rubbing or kneading of parts of the body, especially to aid circulation, relax the muscles, or provide sensual stimulation.
Mathematician, n.
A person skilled or learned in mathematics.
Matinee, n.
A performance or a production (as a play, opera, film) or the presentation of a concert or sometimes the holding of some other event in the afternoon.
Matriarch, n.
A woman who rules a family, clan, or tribe.
Matrix, n.
A situation or surrounding substance within which something else originates, develops, or is contained.
Mattress, n.
A usually rectangular pad of heavy cloth filled with soft material or an arrangement of coiled springs, used as or on a bed.
Maverick, n.
A person who refuses to conform and who takes an unorthodox stand.
Mayonnaise, n.
A semisolid dressing made by emulsifying a mixture of raw eggs or egg yolks, vegetable oil, and vinegar or lemon juice usually together with salt and condiments.
Meadow, n.
A tract of grassland, either in its natural state or used as pasture or for growing hay.
Measles, n.
A contagious disease characterized by red spots.
Measurable, adj.
Capable of being measured.
Medicine, n.
The science and art dealing with the maintenance of health and the prevention, alleviation, or cure of disease.
Mediocre, adj.
Of a moderate or low degree of quality.
Mediterranean, adj.
Or, relating to, characteristic of, or situated near the Mediterranean sea.
Memoir, n.
A history or narrative composed from or stressing personal experience and acquaintance with the events, scenes, or persons described.
Miniature, adj.
Being or represented on a small scale.
Mischief, n.
Action or conduct that annoys or irritates without causing or meaning to cause serious harm.
Mitigate, v.
To make less severe or intense; alleviate.
Molecule, n.
A group of atoms so united and combined by chemical affinity that they form a complete whole.
Monarch, n.
A hereditary sovereign, as a king, queen, or emperor.
Monotonous, adj.
Sounded or spoken in an unvarying tone.
Monstrous, adj.
Having extraordinary and often overwhelming size, unusually and unpleasantly huge.
Mortgage, n.
A temporary, conditional pledge of property to a creditor as security for performance of an obligation or repayment of a debt.
Narrative, adj.
Having the form of a story.
