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Today's words

1 marble

She was chiselling some marble.

2 major

Rotterdam is a major port.

3 majority

She was elected by a narrow majority.

4 marginal

To call something "marginal" means it is not very good.

5 malignant

He said that we were evil, malignant, and mean.

6 Marine

Marine mammals generally swim with the current.

7 mammal

A whale is a kind of mammal.

8 marital

He believed in marital fidelity.

9 mandate

The bank had no mandate to honour the cheque.

10 marry

I would dearly love to marry.

11 manifest

The anger he felt is manifest in his paintings.

12 marvellous

It is a quaint and marvellous thought!

13 manipulate

The technology uses a pen to manipulate a computer.

14 mankind

His research is for the betterment of mankind.

15 masculine

'He' and 'him' are masculine pronouns.

16 manner

She responded in like manner.

17 manoeuvre

There was very little room to manoeuvre.

18 manual

He consulted the manual.

19 massacre

They manufacture the class of plastics known as thermoplastic materials.

20 massive

The explosion made a massive hole in the ground.

21 manuscript

I read her poems in manuscript.

22 masterpiece

The work was acclaimed as a masterpiece.

23 mat

Of course, you found your door-mat.

24 mechanic

The mechanic located the fault immediately.

25 mechanical

This is the oldest working mechanical clock in the world.

26 mate

He has found his ideal mate.

27 mechanism

The pull mechanism has long been favored by most scientists.

28 medal

She is hoping to win the gold medal.

29 mature

Jane is very mature for her age.

30 medieval

It is a perfect example of a medieval castle.

31 meditation

He was deep in meditation and didn't see me come in.

32 mayor

The mayor kicked off the party.

33 melody

Classical music has the melody.

34 meadow

Peacocks strut in the surrounding meadow.

35 melon

It tastes something like melon.

36 melt

The snow was beginning to melt.

37 meal

The meal was amazingly cheap.

38 meaning

What's the meaning of this word?

39 means

My family means everything to me.

40 memorandum / memo

Which memorandum are you talking about?

41 Meantime

I'll contact them soon. Meantime don't tell them I'm back.

42 memorial

Building a memorial to Columbus has been his lifelong dream.

43 meanwhile

Political stability, meanwhile, will be a prime concern.

44 menace

There is a pervading sense of menace.

45 mend

They took a long time to mend the roof.

46 mental

We're worried about his mental state.

47 mentor

Eventually, he was excommunicated along with his mentor.

48 midst

Such beauty was unexpected in the midst of the city.

49 merchandise

Retailers can return defective merchandise.

50 mild

He's a mild, inoffensive man.

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