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.