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- machination: a crafty scheme intended to accomplish some usually evil end.
- maelstrom: a large, powerful whirlpool; also, a violent, disordered, or turbulent state of affairs.
- maelstrom: a large, powerful, or violent whirlpool; also, a turbulent state of affairs.
- maladroit: awkward; unskillful; inept.
- malaise: a condition of uneasiness or ill-being.
- malapropism: misuse of a word, especially by confusion with one of similar sound.
- malapropos: unseasonable or unseasonably; inappropriate or inappropriately.
- malcontent: one who is discontented or dissatisfied.
- malediction: a curse.
- malfeasance: wrongdoing, misconduct, or misbehavior.
- malinger: to feign illness or inability.
- malleable: capable of being shaped; also, adaptable.
- malodorous: having a bad odor.
- malversation: misconduct in public office.
- manse: a large and imposing house.
- manse: a large and imposing residence.
- martinet: a strict disciplinarian.
- masticate: to chew.
- matutinal: relating to or occurring in the morning.
- maudlin: easily moved to tears.
- maudlin: excessively sentimental.
- maunder: to talk or wander aimlessly.
- mawkish: sickly or excessively sentimental.
- mazy: resembling a maze in form or complexity; intricate; confusing.
- mazy: resembling a maze; intricate or confusing.
- megalomania: a mental disorder characterized by delusions of grandeur.
- melange: a mixture.
- melee: a confused conflict.
- melee: a hand to hand conflict.
- mellifluous: flowing sweetly or smoothly.
- mendacious: given to deception or falsehood.
- mendacious: untruthful; also, untrue.
- mendicant: a beggar.
- mephitic: offensive to the smell; also, noxious.
- mercurial: changeable; temperamental; volatile.
- meretricious: pertaining to prostitutes; tawdry.
- meretricious: tawdry.
- meticulous: extremely or excessively careful about details.
- métier: an occupation for which one is especially well suited.
- metier: an occupation, especially in which one excels.
- miasma: a thick vaporous atmosphere, often noxious.
- miasma: noxious effluvia; also, a harmful atmosphere; also, an atmosphere that obscures.
- microcosm: a smaller, representative system having analogies to a larger system.
- microcosm: a smaller, representative unity having analogies to a larger unity.
- mien: aspect; air; manner; demeanor.
- mien: demeanor; also, aspect; appearance.
- milieu: environment; setting.
- militate: to have force or influence.
- milksop: an unmanly man.
- mimetic: imitative.
- minatory: threatening; menacing.
- miscreant: a scoundrel, a villain; also, a heretic.
- miscreant: a villain, rascal.
- misnomer: a misnaming.
- misnomer: a wrong or inapplicable name.
- misprize: to despise; also, to undervalue.
- missive: a written message.
- missive: a written message; a letter.
- modicum: a small or token amount.
- moiety: a half; a small part.
- moiety: a half; also, a small part.
- moil: to labor; to toil; to drudge.
- mollify: to reduce in intensity; to soothe; to soften.
- mollify: to soothe; to temper; to soften.
- monomania: obsession with a single subject.
- monomania: obsession with single subject only.
- mordant: biting; caustic; sarcastic.
- mores: customs; habits; ways.
- moribund: dying.
- mountebank: a quack; also, a charlatan.
- mulct: to defraud.
- multifarious: having great diversity or variety.
- munificent: very generous.
- myriad: consisting of a very great, but indefinite, number; also, a very great many.
- myrmidon: a loyal follower.
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