MACHIAVELLIAN
Sacrificing moral principles in order to attain power; politically cunning; crafty – a machiavellian design, wickedly contrived.
Synonym: unscrupulous
MALICIOUS
(noun: MALICE): Bearing, or acting with, deliberate ill-will or spite – hurting with malicious intent.
Synonyms:rancorous, malignant, malevolent, virulent, vindictive
Antonym: benign
MASQUERADE
(verb): To assume a deceptive appearance or character – a thief masquerading as an honest man.
Synonyms: dissemble, feign
(noun): A disguise; a group of people in disguise or fancy costumes – a masquerade so perfect no one could guess his identity.
MAUDLIN
Sentimental to the point of tears – turned maudlin at the mention of his lost dog.
Synonym : mawkish, lachrymose
MEANDER
To walk about (or talk) aimlessly; to wind about (as a stream) – meandered through the town, looking into shop windows.
Synonym: ramble
MEDIOCRE
Average in quality – a mediocre performance, unworthy of his talents.
MERCENARY
Acting solely from a consideration of reward or profit – actuated by a mercenary motive.
Synonym: venal
MERETRICIOUS
Attracting in a false, cheap, or showy manner- a meretricious beauty that is too flashy to be real.
Synonyms:tawdry, specious
METICULOUS
Fussy about minute details – took meticulous pains with his composition.
Synonyms:fastidious, punctilious, overscrupulous, finical, methodical
Antonyms:desultory, perfunctory, slovenly
METTLE
(adj.: METTLESOME: high-spirited ): Disposition; spirit; courage – His mettle was tried in battle.
Idiom: to be on one’s mettle (meaning, “ready to do one’s best”)
Synonyms:temperament, ardor
MICROCOSM
A little world, or a universe in miniature this village, a microcosm of the great outside world.
Antonym:macrocosm (world on a large scale)
MIMIC
To make fun of or copy by imitating – mimicked the comedian’s gestures.
MISANTHROPIC
(noun: MISANTHROPE): Hating or distrusting mankind – condemned for his misanthropic views.
Antonyms: philanthropic, altruistic
MISNOMER
A name or term that describes wrongly – To call him a brave man is really a misnomer.
MONOLOGUE
A speech by one person – The actor gave his views in a dramatic monologue.
Synonym:soliloquy
Antonyms:colloquy (adj. colloquial): conversation between two or more persons; dialogue: conversation between two persons
MOROSE
Gloomy; ill-humored – shunned because of his morose temper.
Synonyms: sulky, crabbed, sullen, splenetic, saturnine
Antonyms: blithe, genial
MOTLEY
Of various colors; of mixed ingredients – a motley costume; a motley crowd.
Synonyms: checkered (referring to a varied career), piebald, variegated, diverse, heterogeneous
Antonym: homogeneous
MOTTLED
Spotted or streaked with varied colors – a mottled pony.
Synonyms:blotched, dappled
MUNDANE
Of, or pertaining to, the world, as contrasted with the spirit – mundane affairs.
Synonyms:earthly, terrestrial, secular, temporal
MURKY
Dark; cloudy – a murky cavern.
Synonyms:dismal, tenebrous, fuliginous
Antonyms:resplendent, glowing, lustrous, luminous, fulgent, coruscating
MUTABLE
Given to frequent change in nature, mood, or form – mutable in mood as a spring wind.
Synonyms:vacillating, fickle, inconstant, fitful, mercurial, wavering, capricious
Antonyms:constant, steady
MYRIAD
Innumerable – the myriad stars in the heavens.
- APA:
Dammio. (2017). [TOEFL iBT] Danh sách từ vựng – Vần M. https://www.dammio.com/2017/06/11/toefl-ibt-danh-sach-tu-vung-van-m.
- BibTeX:
@misc{dammio,
author = {Dammio},
title = {[TOEFL iBT] Danh sách từ vựng – Vần M},
year = {2017},
url = {https://www.dammio.com/2017/06/11/toefl-ibt-danh-sach-tu-vung-van-m},
urldate = {2023-11-28}
}