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 thiefmasquerading as an honest man. Synonyms: dissemble, feign. (noun): A disguise; a groupof people in disguise or fancy costumes - a masquerade so perfect no one couldguess his identity.
MAUDLIN: Sentimental to the point of tears - turned maudlin at the mention ofhis 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 bya mercenary motive. Synonym: venal.
MERETRICIOUS: Attracting in a false, cheap, or showy manner- a meretriciousbeauty that is too flashy to be real. Synonyms: tawdry, specious.
METICULOUS: Fussy about minute details - took meticulous pains with hiscomposition. Synonyms: fastidious, punctilious, overscrupulous, finical,methodical. Antonyms: desultory, perfunctory, slovenly.
METTLE (adj.: METTLESOME: high-spirited ): Disposition; spirit; courage - Hismettle was tried in battle. Idiom: to be on one's mettle (meaning, “ready to doone's best”). Synonyms: temperament, ardor.
MICROCOSM: A little world, or a universe in miniature this village, a microcosmof 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 forhis misanthropic views. Antonyms: philanthropic, altruistic.
MISNOMER: A name or term that describes wrongly - To call him a brave man isreally a misnomer.
MONOLOGUE: A speech by one person - The actor gave his views in a dramaticmonologue. Synonym: soliloquy. Antonyms: colloquy (adj. colloquial):conversation between two or more persons; dialogue: conversation between twopersons.
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 motleycrowd. Synonyms: checkered (referring toa 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 asa spring wind. Synonyms: vacillating, fickle, inconstant, fitful, mercurial,wavering, capricious. Antonyms: constant, steady.
MYRIAD: Innumerable - the myriad stars in the heavens.
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