Deck 28

Question 1

martyr

Answer 1

• someone who gives up his or her life in pursuit of a cause, esp. a religious one
• one who suffers for a cause
• one who makes a show of suffering to arouse sympathy

Question 2

matriculate

Answer 2

to enroll, esp. at a college

Question 3

maudlin

Answer 3

silly and overly sentimental

Question 4

maverick

Answer 4

a nonconformist; a rebel

Question 5

mawkish

Answer 5

overly sentimental, maudlin

Question 6

maxim

Answer 6

a fundamental principle; an old saying

Question 7

melee

Answer 7

a brawl; a confused fight or struggle; a violent free-for-all; tumultuous confusion

Question 8

mellifluous

Answer 8

sweetly flowing; pleasant to hear

Question 9

menagerie

Answer 9

a collection of animals

Question 10

mendacious

Answer 10

lying; dishonest

Question 11

mendicant

Answer 11

a beggar

Question 12

mercenary

Answer 12

a hired soldier; someone who will do anything for money

Question 13

mercurial

Answer 13

emotionally unpredictable; rapidly changing in mood

Question 14

microcosm

Answer 14

miniature version of the world

Question 15

milieu

Answer 15

environment; surroundings

Question 16

mire

Answer 16

marshy; mucky ground

Question 17

quagmire

Answer 17

• a swamp or marsh

- figuratively: a complicated predicament

Question 18

modulate

Answer 18

to reduce or regulate; to lessen the intensity of

Question 19

mollify

Answer 19

to soften; to soothe; to pacify

Question 20

monolithic

Answer 20

massive, solid, uniform, and unyielding

Question 21

moratorium

Answer 21

a suspension of activity; a period of delay

Question 22

mores

Answer 22

customary moral standards

Question 23

moribund

Answer 23

dying

Question 24

motif

Answer 24

a recurring theme or idea

Question 25

motley

Answer 25

extremely varied or diverse; heterogeneous; multicolored