| 2001 | lure | To lure someone is to convince them to do something by using a trick. |
| 2002 | lush | If something is lush, then it is full of a variety of large, healthy plants. |
| 2003 | luxury | A luxury is an expensive thing that is nice but not needed. |
| 2004 | lyric | When a poem is considered lyric, it expresses a lot of emotion. |
| 2005 | machine | A machine is made by people and does work for us. |
| 2006 | mad | A mad person or animal is angry. |
| 2007 | magazine | A magazine is a regular publication with news, stories, and articles. |
| 2008 | magic | Magic is the power to do impossible things. |
| 2009 | magical | Magical describes a quality that makes someone or something special. |
| 2010 | magnet | A magnet is a piece of iron or other material which attracts iron toward it. |
| 2011 | magnificent | Magnificent means beautiful and grand. |
| 2012 | magnify | To magnify something means to make it look bigger than it really is. |
| 2013 | magnitude | Magnitude refers to large size. |
| 2014 | mail | Mail is letters and other things sent to people. |
| 2015 | mainstream | The mainstream is what is considered normal and accepted by most people. |
| 2016 | maintain | To maintain means to make something stay the same. |
| 2017 | majestic | If something is majestic, it is large and impressive. |
| 2018 | majesty | Majesty is supreme greatness or authority. |
| 2019 | major | A major event is a very important event. |
| 2020 | majority | A majority of something is more than half of the people or things in that group. |
| 2021 | male | Male refers to men or boys. |
| 2022 | mammal | A mammal is an animal that usually has hair and is not born from an egg. |
| 2023 | manage | To manage something means to control or be in charge of it. |
| 2024 | management | Management is the act or process of controlling and dealing with something. |
| 2025 | managerial | Managerial describes something related to a manager or management. |
| 2026 | mandatory | If something is mandatory, then it is required by law. |
| 2027 | manifest | To manifest means to make something visible or obvious. |
| 2028 | manipulate | To manipulate something means to skillfully or unfairly control or affect it. |
| 2029 | manor | A manor is a large house with many rooms. |
| 2030 | mansion | A mansion is a large and expensive home. |
| 2031 | manufacture | To manufacture something means to make it in a factory. |
| 2032 | many | Many shows that there is a large number of something. |
| 2033 | marble | Marble is a type of rock that feels cold and is smooth when cut. |
| 2034 | march | To march means to walk at a steady pace together with others. |
| 2035 | marine | Marine describes something related to the sea. |
| 2036 | mariner | A mariner is a sailor. |
| 2037 | mark | To mark is to celebrate an important event or time by doing something. |
| 2038 | market | A market is a place where people buy and sell products or food. |
| 2039 | marshal | To marshal a group means to assemble them in order. |
| 2040 | martial | If something is martial, it is related to fighting or war. |
| 2041 | marvel | To marvel at something is to feel surprise and interest in it. |
| 2042 | masculine | When something is masculine, it is a quality or thing related to men. |
| 2043 | massive | A massive thing is very big. |
| 2044 | mast | A mast is a long pole on a ship that holds the sail. |
| 2045 | master | A master is a person who is very good at something. |
| 2046 | masterpiece | A masterpiece is a very good painting, novel, movie, or other work of art. |
| 2047 | match | To match is to be the same or similar. |
| 2048 | material | A material is what is used to make something. |
| 2049 | mature | To mature means to grow up to become an adult. |
| 2050 | maximize | To maximize something is to make it as great as possible in amount, size, or importance. |
| 2051 | maximum | Maximum is the highest amount of anything allowed. |
| 2052 | maybe | Maybe is used to show that something is possible or may be true. |
| 2053 | mayor | The mayor is the person in charge of a city. |
| 2054 | meal | A meal is a time when food is eaten, such as breakfast, lunch, or dinner. |
| 2055 | meantime | The meantime is the time between two events. |
| 2056 | meanwhile | An action that happens meanwhile happens at the same time as another action. |
| 2057 | measure | To measure something means to find out the quality, value, or effect of it. |
| 2058 | meat | Meat is food made of animals. |
| 2059 | mechanic | A mechanic is someone who fixes vehicles or machines. |
| 2060 | mechanism | A mechanism is a part of a machine that performs a certain function. |
| 2061 | media | Media is the different ways of entertaining and giving information to the public. |
| 2062 | medical | Medical means related to the treatment of an injury or disease. |
| 2063 | medication | Medication is medicine or drugs given to people who are sick. |
| 2064 | medicine | Medicine is something you take to feel better or treat an illness. |
| 2065 | medieval | If something is medieval, it comes from the period between 650 and 1500 CE. |
| 2066 | meditate | To meditate means to focus or think deeply in silence. |
| 2067 | meet | To meet is to come together so that you can talk or do something together. |
| 2068 | meeting | When you have a meeting, you are with other people. |
| 2069 | melody | A melody is a series of musical notes that form the main part of a song. |
| 2070 | member | A member is a person who is part of a group. |
| 2071 | memorable | If something is memorable, then it is remembered for a special reason. |
| 2072 | memory | A memory is something you remember. |
| 2073 | mend | To mend something means to fix it when it is broken or damaged. |
| 2074 | mental | If something is mental, it has to do with your mind. |
| 2075 | mention | To mention something is to talk about it. |
| 2076 | merchandise | Merchandise is goods ready to be purchased or sold. |
| 2077 | merchant | A merchant is a person who sells things. |
| 2078 | mercy | Mercy is a feeling or act of kindness. |
| 2079 | mere | Mere is used to emphasize how small or unimportant something or someone is. |
| 2080 | merge | To merge two things is to combine them into one whole thing. |
| 2081 | merit | A merit is a positive or good quality. |
| 2082 | merry | A merry person is happy and pleasant. |
| 2083 | mess | A mess is a condition that is not clean or neat. |
| 2084 | message | A message is a set of words that you send to someone. |
| 2085 | messenger | A messenger is one who carries information from one place to another. |
| 2086 | metabolic | When something is metabolic, it relates to the chemical process in which plants or animals use food and water to make energy. |
| 2087 | metabolism | A person’s metabolism is the way chemical processes in their body use energy. |
| 2088 | metal | Metal is a strong material people use to build things. |
| 2089 | meteorological | If something is meteorological, it is concerned with the science of weather. |
| 2090 | meteorology | Meteorology is the science that studies the weather. |
| 2091 | method | A method is the way to do something. |
| 2092 | metropolitan | If something is metropolitan, it relates to a large city. |
| 2093 | microbe | A microbe is a very small living thing that often makes people sick. |
| 2094 | microchip | A microchip is a small device in a computer that holds information. |
| 2095 | microscope | A microscope is a device that makes small objects look bigger. |
| 2096 | mid | Mid means in the middle or center of something. |
| 2097 | middle | The middle is nearest the center and with an equal number of things on each side. |
| 2098 | midst | The midst of something is the middle of it. |
| 2099 | might | Might means strength or power. |
| 2100 | migrate | To migrate means to move from one place to another. |
| 2101 | militant | If someone is militant, they are angry and aggressive, and willing to fight easily. |
| 2102 | military | The military is the armed forces of a country. |
| 2103 | mill | A mill is a building in which wheat is ground into flour. |
| 2104 | millennium | A millennium is 1000 years. |
| 2105 | million | A million is another way to write the number 1,000,000. |
| 2106 | millionaire | A millionaire is a person who has at least a million dollars. |
| 2107 | mimic | To mimic something means to copy the way it sounds, moves, looks, etc. |
| 2108 | miner | A miner is a person who works in a mine. |
| 2109 | mineral | A mineral is a type of substance found in the Earth. |
| 2110 | minimal | When something is minimal, it is very small. |
| 2111 | minimize | To minimize means to reduce something to the lowest possible level. |
| 2112 | minimum | The minimum is the smallest amount. |
| 2113 | minister | A minister is an important person in government with many duties. |
| 2114 | ministry | A ministry is a government department. |
| 2115 | minor | A minor problem is a very small and unimportant problem. |
| 2116 | miracle | A miracle is an unexpected blessing which seems almost impossible, like a gift from heaven. |
| 2117 | mirror | A mirror is usually made of glass, and you can see yourself in it. |
| 2118 | mischief | Mischief is behavior that is meant to trick or cause trouble for people. |
| 2119 | miserable | A miserable person is very unhappy. |
| 2120 | misery | Misery is extreme suffering. |
| 2121 | misfortune | Misfortune is bad luck or an unlucky event. |
| 2122 | misguided | When something is misguided, it is based on bad judgment or wrong beliefs. |
| 2123 | misplace | To misplace something means to lose it. |
| 2124 | mission | A mission is an important job that is sometimes far away. |
| 2125 | mist | Mist is water that can be seen in the air or on a surface. |
| 2126 | mistake | A mistake is something you do wrong. |
| 2127 | mix | A mix is different things put together. |
| 2128 | mixture | A mixture is something that is made by mixing other things together. |
| 2129 | mob | A mob is a large crowd of people that often wants to cause violence. |
| 2130 | mobile | If something is mobile, it can be moved easily. |
| 2131 | mobilize | To mobilize is to prepare an army to fight in a war. |
| 2132 | mock | To mock someone means to tease them in a cruel way. |
| 2133 | mode | A mode is a setting or condition on a machine. |
| 2134 | moderate | When something is moderate, it is not too big or too small in size or amount. |
| 2135 | modern | A modern thing belongs to the current time. |
| 2136 | modest | If people are modest, they do not think that they are too important. |
| 2137 | modify | To modify something is to change it a little bit. |
| 2138 | moist | When something is moist, it is slightly wet. |
| 2139 | moisture | Moisture is small drops of water in the air or on a surface. |
| 2140 | mold | A mold is a hollow container that is used to make certain shapes. |
| 2141 | molecule | A molecule is the smallest basic unit that makes up a physical substance. |
| 2142 | monarch | The monarch of a country is someone who rules a country through hereditary right. |
| 2143 | monastery | A monastery is a building in which monks live. |
| 2144 | monetary | When something is monetary, it relates to money. |
| 2145 | monitor | To monitor people or things is to watch them closely. |
| 2146 | monk | A monk is a religious person who lives a simple life. |
| 2147 | monolingual | If someone is monolingual, then they speak only one language. |
| 2148 | month | A month is one of 12 periods of time in one year. |
| 2149 | monument | A monument is a structure that is built to remind people of a person or event. |
| 2150 | mood | Your mood is the way you are feeling. |
| 2151 | moon | The moon is an object that travels around our Earth. |
| 2152 | moral | A moral is a message at the end of a story that teaches you something. |
| 2153 | morale | Morale is the amount of hope that people have during a difficult situation. |
| 2154 | moreover | Moreover is used to introduce information that adds to or supports what has previously been said. |
| 2155 | mortal | When a person is mortal, they cannot live forever. |
| 2156 | mortgage | A mortgage is a loan for property, especially a home or a business. |
| 2157 | motion | A motion is a movement that someone makes. |
| 2158 | motive | Your motive is your reason for doing something. |
| 2159 | mound | A mound of something is a large pile of it. |
| 2160 | mountain | A mountain is a very high hill. |
| 2161 | mourn | To mourn means to show or feel great sadness when you lose someone. |
| 2162 | movement | A movement is a series of organized activities in which people work together to do or achieve something. |
| 2163 | mow | To mow grass is to cut it to make it short. |
| 2164 | mud | Mud is soft, wet dirt. |
| 2165 | multicultural | When something is multicultural, it relates to many different cultures. |
| 2166 | multiple | If there are multiple things, there are many of them. |
| 2167 | multiply | To multiply is to increase in number. |
| 2168 | multitude | A multitude of things or people is a very large number of them. |
| 2169 | municipal | Municipal means that something belongs to a city or local government. |
| 2170 | muscle | Muscle is a mass of tissue attached to bone that helps you move. |
| 2171 | muscular | When someone is muscular, they are very fit and strong. |
| 2172 | museum | A museum is a building that displays cultural, social, and scientific objects. |
| 2173 | music | Music is the sound made by singing or playing musical instruments. |
| 2174 | mutual | A mutual thing is felt in the same way by two or more people. |
| 2175 | mystery | A mystery is something that is difficult to understand or explain. |
| 2176 | myth | A myth is a traditional story that explains a culture’s history and beliefs. |
| 2177 | nap | A nap is a short sleep, usually during the day. |
| 2178 | narrate | To narrate a story means to write about it or read it aloud. |
| 2179 | narrow | A narrow object or space is thin, not wide. |
| 2180 | nasty | If something is nasty, then it is not nice or pleasant. |
| 2181 | nation | A nation is a large area of land that is controlled by its own government. |
| 2182 | nationality | Nationality is an identity based on the nation from which you come. |
| 2183 | native | If something is native, it refers to the place someone was born and raised. |
| 2184 | natural | Things that are natural are not made by people. |
| 2185 | nature | Nature is everything in the physical world that is not made by people. |
| 2186 | naughty | When children are naughty, they behave badly or do not do what they are told. |
| 2187 | nausea | Nausea is the feeling of being sick to your stomach. |
| 2188 | naval | When something is naval, it relates to a country’s navy or military ships. |
| 2189 | navigate | To navigate something is to control the way it moves or goes. |
| 2190 | navy | A navy is the part of a country’s military that fights at sea. |
| 2191 | necessary | If something is necessary, you must do it. |
| 2192 | necessity | A necessity is something that is needed. |
| 2193 | necklace | A necklace is a piece of jewelry that people wear around their necks. |
| 2194 | nectar | Nectar is a sweet liquid produced by flowers that bees and other insects collect. |
| 2195 | needle | A needle is a small, sharp piece of metal used to make or fix clothes. |
| 2196 | needy | If someone is needy, they are very poor. |
| 2197 | negative | When something is negative, it is unpleasant or sad. |
| 2198 | neglect | To neglect someone or something is to not take care of it properly. |
| 2199 | negligible | If something is negligible, it is extremely small and not important. |
| 2200 | neighbor | A neighbor is a person who lives near you. |