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American English Vocabulary - Letter
M
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Words - Letter M |
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machine - n. a device with moving parts used
to do work
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magazine - n. a publication of news, stories,
pictures or other information
- mail
- n. letters, papers and other things sent through
an official system, such as a post office
- main
- ad. the most important or largest
- major
- ad. great in size, importance or amount
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majority - n. the greater number; more than
half
- make
- v. to produce; to create; to build; to do
something or to carry out an action; to cause to be
or to become
- male
- n. a man or boy; the sex that is the father of
children; ad. of or about men
- man
- n. an adult male human
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manufacture - v. to make goods in large
amounts
- many
- ad. a large number or amount of
- map
- n. a picture of the earth's surface or a part of
it
- march
- v. to walk in a group like soldiers; to walk
together in a large group to protest about something
- mark
- v. to make a sign or cut on something
- market
- n. a place or area where goods are sold, bought or
traded; an economic system in which the prices of
things are decided by how many there are and how
much money people are willing to pay for them
- marry
- v. to join a man and woman together as husband and
wife; to become husband and wife (usually in a
religious or civil ceremony)
- mass
- n. an amount of matter having no special form and
usually of a large size
- mate
- v. to bring together a male and a female to create
another creature
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material - n. the substance, substances or
matter of which something is made or from which
something can be made, such as wood, cloth or stone;
anything that can be made into something else
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mathematics - n. the science dealing with
amounts, sizes and shapes, as explained by numbers
and signs
- matter
- n. anything that can be seen or felt; what things
are made of
- may
- v. a word used with an action word to mean permit
or possible ("May I go?" "They may leave tomorrow.")
- mayor
- n. the chief official of a city or town government
- meal
- n. food eaten to satisfy hunger, such as dinner
- mean
- v. to want to; to give the idea of; to have the
idea of
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measure - v. to learn the amount, size or
distance of something; n. an action taken; a
legislative proposal
- meat
- n. the part of a dead animal used for food
- media
- n. all public information organizations, including
newspapers, television and radio
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medicine - n. a substance or drug used to
treat disease or pain; the science or study of
treating and curing disease or improving health
- meet
- v. to come together with someone or something at
the same time and place
- melt
- v. to make a solid into a liquid by heating it
- member
- n. one of a group
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memorial - n. something done or made to honor
the memory of a person or event
- memory
- n. a picture in the mind of past events; the
ability to remember; a thing remembered
- mental
- ad. about or having to do with the mind
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message - n. written or spoken news or
information; a note from one person to another
person or group
- metal
- n. a hard substance such as iron, steel or gold
- method
- n. the way something is done
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microscope - n. a device used to make very
small things look larger so they can be studied
- middle
- n. the center; a place or time of equal distance
from both sides or ends; ad. in the center
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militant - n. someone active in trying to
cause political change, often by the use of force or
violence
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military - n. the armed forces of a nation or
group; ad. of or about the armed forces
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militia - n. an army of citizens instead of
professional soldiers; an armed force or private
army
- milk
- n. the white liquid produced by female animals to
feed their young
- mind
- n. the thinking, feeling part of a person
- mine
- v. to dig useful or valuable substances out of the
earth; n. a place in the earth where such substances
are found; a bomb placed under the ground or under
water so it cannot be seen
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mineral - n. a substance found in nature that
is not an animal or a plant, such as coal or salt
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minister - n. a member of a cabinet; a high
government official ("prime minister,"foreign
minister")
- minor
- ad. small in size; of little importance
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minority - n. the smaller number; opposite
majority
- minute
- n. a measure of time; one of the sixty equal parts
of an hour; sixty seconds
- miss
- v. to fail to hit, see, reach or meet
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missile - n. any weapon that can be thrown or
fired through the air and explodes when it reaches
its target
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missing - ad. lost; not found
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mistake - n. a wrong action or decision; an
action done without the knowledge that it was wrong
- mix
- v. to put different things together to make one
thing
- mob
- n. a large group of wild or angry people
- model
- n. an example; something, usually small, made to
show how something will look or work
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moderate - ad. not extreme
- modern
- ad. of the present or very recent time; the most
improved
- money
- n. pieces of metal or paper used to pay for things
- month
- n. one of the twelve periods of time into which a
year is divided
- moon
- n. the bright object often seen in the night sky
that orbits the earth about every twenty-nine days
- moral
- ad. concerning what is right or wrong in someone's
actions
- more
- ad. greater in size or amount
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morning - n. the early part of the day, from
sunrise until noon
- most
- ad. greatest in size or amount
- mother
- n. the female parent; a woman who has a child or
children
- motion
- n. a movement; a continuing change of position or
place
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mountain - n. a part of the earth's surface
that rises high above the area around it
- mourn
- v. to express or feel sadness
- move
- v. to change position; to put or keep in motion;
to go
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movement - n. the act of moving or a way of
moving; a series of acts or efforts to reach a goal
- movie
- n. a motion picture; a film
- much
- ad. great in amount
- murder
- v. to kill another person illegally; n. the crime
of killing another person
- music
- n. the making of sounds by singing or using a
musical instrument
- must
- v. a word used with an action word to mean
necessary ("You must go to school.")
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mystery - n. something that is not or cannot
be explained or understood; a secret
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News
Words - Letter M
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Maritime |
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Migrants |
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Mindfulness |
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Misogyny |
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Momentous |
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Monument |
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Mortgage |
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Museum |
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