Words Starting With "M"

1. Maladroit – not adroit, bungling, awkward, clumsy, loutish, oafish, boorish, gauche, ungainly
2. Maneuver (N) – a plan for attaining a particular goal; a deliberate coordinated movement requiring dexterity; a move to gain a tactical end; gambit – an opening maneuver
3. Matutinal [A] – pertaining to or occurring in the morning
4. Maudlin – overly sentimental and foolishly tearful
5. Maudlin – overly sentimental; foolishly tearful; bathetic; gushing; mawkish
6. Maverick – an unbranched ranch animal, nonconformist; rebel
7. Mealy-mouthed (A) - not willing or honest enough to speak in a direct or open way about what you really think
8. Meddling – unwarranted interference in somebody’s personal life or concerns; president Obama said that he didn’t want to be seen meddling in Iraq’s affairs
9. Mediocre – moderate to inferior in quality
10. Melanoma – the most dangerous type of skin cancer
11. Mendacious (A) – not telling the truth; fabricated; perjured; fraudulent; deceitful; dissembling; disingenuous
12. Minatory (A) – threatening or foreshadowing evil or tragic developments; menacing; ominous; sinister
13. Miscreant (N) – a person who has done something wrong or illegal; reprobate
14. Moat (N) - a deep wide channel that was dug around a castle, etc. and filled with water to make it more difficult for enemies to attack
15. Mortified – embarrassed, humiliated, chagrined, crucified
16. Muddled – confused
17. Mulct (N) – money extracted as penalty
18. Mundane – found in the ordinary course