在SAT词汇中以M开头的词汇都比较重要，新航道小编整理SAT高频词汇，供大家参考。

　　M

　　maelstrom (n.) a destructive whirlpool which rapidly sucks in objects (Little did the

　　explorers know that as they turned the next bend of the calm river a vicious

　　maelstrom would catch their boat.)

　　magnanimous (adj.) noble, generous (Although I had already broken most of her

　　dishes, Jacqueline was magnanimous enough to continue letting me use them.)

　　malediction (n.) a curse (When I was arrested for speeding, I screamed maledictions

　　against the policeman and the entire police department.)

　　malevolent (adj.) wanting harm to befall others (The malevolent old man sat in the park

　　all day, tripping unsuspecting passersby with his cane.)

　　malleable (adj.) capable of being shaped or transformed (Maximillian’s political

　　opinions were so malleable that anyone he talked to was able to change his mind

　　instantly.)

　　mandate (n.) an authoritative command (In the Old Testament, God mandates that no

　　one should steal.)

　　manifest 1. (adj.) easily understandable, obvious (When I wrote the wrong sum on the

　　chalkboard, my mistake was so manifest that the entire class burst into laughter.) 2.

　　(v.) to show plainly (His illness first manifested itself with particularly violent

　　hiccups.)

　　manifold (adj.) diverse, varied (The popularity of Dante’s Inferno is partly due to the

　　fact that the work allows for manifold interpretations.)

　　maudlin (adj.) weakly sentimental (Although many people enjoy romantic comedies, I

　　usually find them maudlin and shallow.)

　　maverick (n.) an independent, nonconformist person (Andreas is a real maverick and

　　always does things his own way.)

　　mawkish (adj.) characterized by sick sentimentality (Although some nineteenthcentury

　　critics viewed Dickens’s writing as mawkish, contemporary readers have

　　found great emotional depth in his works.)

　　maxim (n.) a common saying expressing a principle of conduct (Miss Manners’s

　　etiquette maxims are both entertaining and instructional.)

　　meager (adj.) deficient in size or quality (My meager portion of food did nothing to

　　satisfy my appetite.)

　　medley (n.) a mixture of differing things (Susannah’s wardrobe contained an

　　astonishing medley of colors, from olive green to fluorescent pink.)

　　mendacious (adj.) having a lying, false character (The mendacious content of the tabloid

　　magazines is at least entertaining.)

　　mercurial (adj.) characterized by rapid change or temperamentality (Though he was

　　widely respected for his mathematical proofs, the mercurial genius was impossible to

　　live with.)

　　meritorious (adj.) worthy of esteem or reward (Manfred was given the congressional

　　medal of honor for his meritorious actions.)

　　metamorphosis (n.) the change of form, shape, substance (Winnifred went to the gym

　　every day for a year and underwent a metamorphosis from a waiflike girl to an

　　athletic woman.)

　　meticulous (adj.) extremely careful with details (The ornate needlework in the bride’s

　　gown was a product of meticulous handiwork.)

　　mitigate (v.) to make less violent, alleviate (When I had an awful sore throat, only

　　warm tea would mitigate the pain.)

　　moderate 1. (adj.) not extreme (Luckily, the restaurant we chose had moderate prices;

　　none of us have any money.) 2. (n.) one who expresses moderate opinions (Because

　　he found both the liberal and conservative proposals too excessive, Mr. Park sided

　　with the moderates.)

　　modicum (n.) a small amount of something (Refusing to display even a modicum of

　　sensitivity, Henrietta announced her boss’s affair in front of the entire office.)

　　modulate (v.) to pass from one state to another, especially in music (The composer

　　wrote a piece that modulated between minor and major keys.)

　　mollify (v.) to soften in temper (The police officer mollified the angry woman by giving

　　her a warning instead of a ticket.)

　　morass (n.) a wet swampy bog; figuratively, something that traps and confuses (When

　　Theresa lost her job, she could not get out of her financial morass.)

　　mores (n.) the moral attitudes and fixed customs of a group of people. (Mores change

　　over time; many things that were tolerated in 1975 are no longer seen as being

　　socially acceptable.)

　　morose (adj.) gloomy or sullen (Jason’s morose nature made him very unpleasant to

　　talk to.)

　　multifarious (adj.) having great diversity or variety (This Swiss Army knife has

　　multifarious functions and capabilities. Among other things, it can act as a knife, a

　　saw, a toothpick, and a slingshot.)

　　mundane (adj.) concerned with the world rather than with heaven, commonplace (He

　　is more concerned with the mundane issues of day-to-day life than with spiritual

　　topics.)

　　munificence (n.) generosity in giving (The royal family’s munificence made everyone

　　else in their country rich.)

　　mutable (adj.) able to change (Because fashion is so mutable, what is trendy today will

　　look outdated in five years.)

　　myriad (adj.) consisting of a very great number (It was difficult to decide what to do

　　Friday night because the city presented us with myriad possibilities for fun.)

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