Week 9 Vocab LHS AVID 12

If you have jennings this is the vocab to study, you got this!!

Masquerade (n)

disguise; action that conceals the truth

Materialism (n)

preoccupation with material things

Matriculate (v)

to enroll as a member of a college or university

Matrilineal (adj)

tracing ancestry through mother's line rather than father's

Maudlin (adj)

overly sentimental

Mawkish (adj)

sickeningly sentimental

Meddler (n)

person interfering in others' affairs

Medieval (adj)

relating to the middle ages

Megalith (n)

huge stone used in prehistoric structures

Megalomania (n)

mental state with delusions of wealth and power

Melancholy (adj)

sadness, depression

Melody (n)

pleasing musical sounds; tune

Menagerie (n)

various animals kept together for exhibition

Mendacious (adj)

dishonest

Mendicant (n)

beggar

Mentor (n)

experienced teacher and wise advisor

Mercenary (n)

soldier for hire in foreign countries

Mercenary (adj)

motivated only by greed

Mercurial (adj)

quick, shrewd, and unpredictable

Meretricious (adj)

gaudy, falsely attractive

Metaphor (n)

figure of speech comparing two different things

Meticulous (adj)

extremely careful, fastidious, painstaking

Metronome (n)

time

Mettle (v)

courageousness; endurance

Microbe (n)

microorganism

Microcosm (n)

tiny system used as analogy for larger systems

Migratory (adj)

wandering from place to place

Militate (v)

to operate against; work against

Minimal (adj)

smallest in amount; least possible

Minuscule (adj)

very small

Mirth (n)

frivolity, gaiety, laughter

Misanthrope (n)

person who hates human beings

Misapprehend (v)

to misunderstand, fail to know

Misconstrue (v)

to misunderstand, fail to discover

Miserliness (adj)

extreme stringiness

Misgiving (n)

apprehension, doubt, sense of foreboding

Mishap (n)

accident, misfortune

Misnomer (n)

an incorrect name or designation

Missive (n)

note or letter

Mitigate (v)

to soften, or make milder

Mnemonic (adj)

designed to assist memory

Mobility (n)

ease of movement

Mock (v)

to deride, ridicule

Moderate (adj)

reasonable, not extreme

Moderate (v)

to make less excessive, restrain; regulate

Mollify (v)

to calm or make less severe

Mollusk (n)

sea animal with soft body

Molt (v)

to shed hair, skin, or an outer layer periodically

Monastic (adj)

secluded, as in a monastery

Monochromatic (adj)

having one color

Monogamy (n)

custom of marriage to one person at a time

Monolith (n)

large block of stone

Monologue (n)

dramatic speech performed by one actor

Montage (n)

composite picture

Moot (adj)

debatable; previously decided

Morbid (adj)

gruesome; relating to disease

Mores (n)

customs or manners

Moribund (adj)

dying, decaying

Morose (adj)

gloomy, sullen, or surly

Morsel (n)

small bite of food

Mote (n)

small particle or speck of dust

Motley (n)

many

Mottle (v)

to mark with spots

Multifaceted (adj)

having many parts, many sided

Multifarious (adj)

diverse

Mundane (adj)

commonplace

Munificent (adj)

generous

Munitions (n)

ammunition

Mutability (n)

changeability

Myopic (adj)

near

Myriad (n)

immense number, multitude

Nadir (n)

lowest point

Narrative (n)

account, story

Nascent (adj)

starting to develop, coming into existence

Natal (adj)

relating to birth

Nebulous (adj)

vague, cloudy

Necromancy (n)

black magic

Nefarious (adj)

vicious, evil

Negligent (adj)

careless, inattentive

Negligible (adj)

not worth considering

Neologism (n)

new word or expression

Neonate (n)

newborn child

Neophyte (n)

novice, beginner

Nether (adj)

located under or below

Nettle (v)

to irritate

Neutrality (n)

disinterest, impartiality

Neutralize (v)

to balance, offset

Nicety (n)

elegant or delicate feature; minute distinction

Niche (n)

recess in a wall; best position for something

Nihilism (n)

belief that existence and all traditional values are all meaningless

Nocturnal (adj)

pertaining to night; active at night

Noisome (adj)

stinking, putrid

Nomadic (adj)

moving from place to place

Nomenclature (n)

terms used in a particular discipline

Nominal (adj)

existing in name only; negligible

Non sequitur (n)

conclusion not following from apparent evidence

Nondescript (adj)

lacking interest; objective; boring

Notoriety (n)

fame; unfavorable fame

Novice (n)

apprentice; beginner

Novitiate (n)

beginner or novice