MIGRANT

MIGRANT:

■ noun

One that moves from one region to another by chance, instinct, or plan.

An itinerant worker who travels from one area to another in search of work.

eg.I am talking here of skilled economic migrants who can afford expensive housing.

 

MESMERIZE

  MESMERIZE:

  ■ Verb
 To spellbind; enthrall;To hypnotize.


 eg.The magician was able to mesmerize the young audience with the intricate magic tricks.

MERGER

MERGER: 

■ noun 

The union of two or more commercial interests or corporations.

The absorption of a lesser estate, liability, right, action, or offense into a greater one.

eg.The overriding problem with transatlantic mergers is the difference in profitability and the way partners are remunerated.

 

MENTOR

MENTOR:

 ■ noun
 An older, trusted, more experienced advisor or counselor who offers helpful guidance to younger, less experienced colleagues.

■ Verb

Serve as a teacher or trusted counsellor.

eg.The famous professor mentored him during his years in graduate school.

MALADY

MALADY:

 ■ noun

Illness; Any physical disease or disorder.

Any unwholesome or desperate condition.

eg.What maladies afflict our nation?

MAGNANIMITY

MAGNANIMITY:

 ■ noun

Extremely liberal and generous of spirit;

Liberality in bestowing gifts.

eg.His enemies he treated with the greatest magnanimity; no bloody executions followed the victory of the Milvian Bridge.

MNEMONIC

 MNEMONIC:

■ noun

A device, such as a formula or rhyme, used as an aid in remembering.

■ Adj.

Relating to, assisting, or intended to assist the memory.

  

eg. The students learned the mnemonic, Never Eat Soggy Waffles, in order to remember the order of the directions on a compass.

 

MISHAP

 MISHAP:

 ■ noun. 

 An unfortunate accident;Bad luck.

eg.The adventurers had one mishap after another but they arrived at their destination intact.

 

MIRTH

MIRTH: 

■ noun

Gladness and gaiety, especially when expressed by laughter.Joyfulness with laughter.

eg.Mirth is like a flash of lightning that breaks through a gloom of clouds and glitters for a moment.

MENDACIOUS

MENDACIOUS:

■ Adj.
Telling lies, especially as a habit;Untruthful.

 eg.The child was known to be mendacious and so could not be trusted.

MAXIM

MAXIM:

■ noun

A saying that is widely accepted on its own merits.A succinct formulation of a fundamental principle, general truth, or rule of conduct.

eg. It is a golden maxim to cultivate the garden for the nose, and the eyes will take care of themselves. — Robert Louis Stevenson

MAUSOLEUM

 MAUSOLEUM:


 ■ noun
 A large stately tomb or a building housing such a tomb or several tombs.

eg.The cemetery had one very large mausoleum right in its center.

LAMPOON

 LAMPOON:

 ■Verb

Ridicule with satire.A written attack ridiculing a person, group, or institution.

eg.The writer lampooned the politician's proposal.

LINGUISTIC

LINGUISTIC:

■ Adj.

Of or relating to language. 

eg.The line-up was not linguistic, but religious.  

LURID

LURID:

■ Adj. 

Causing shock or horror; gruesome.Marked by sensationalism;Glaringly vivid and graphic.

eg. There was a lurid story about that section of town in the newspaper yesterday.

LIBRETTO

 LIBRETTO:

■ noun  

The text of a dramatic musical work,opera. 

eg.The libretto was very well sung during the opera performance.

LEXICOGRAPHER

 LEXICOGRAPHER:

  ■ noun

 One who writes, compiles, or edits a dictionary.

eg.Unlike most modern lexicographers, Johnson introduced humor or prejudice into many of his definitions.

LEVITATE

LEVITATE: 

■ Verb

Cause to rise in the air and float, as if in defiance of gravity .

eg. The guru claimed that he could levitate.

LINEAGE

LINEAGE:

■ noun

Lineal descent from an ancestor; ancestry or extraction;The descendants of one individual.



 eg.She could trace her lineage to the early Pilgrims.

LECTERN

LECTERN:

 ■ noun
Desk or stand with a slanted top used to hold a text at the proper height for a lecturer.



eg.My hands were still gripping the battered wooden lectern on which he had placed the book for my inspection.