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Word List 9 (major axis - to a man)

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- major axis n. The longer of the two lines about which an ellipse is

  symmetrical; the axis that passes through both focuses of an ellipse.

 

- majoritarian adj. Based on majority rule: "a naively uncomplicated premise of

  simple majoritarian democracy" (Saturday Review). n. A person who is an

  advocate of majoritarianism.

 

  Usage Note: Majority is often preceded by great (but not by greater) in

  expressing emphatically the sense of "most of": The great majority approved.

  The phrase "greater majority" is appropriate only when considering two

  majorities: He won by a greater majority in this election than in the last.

 

- make up 1. To put together; construct or compose: make up a prescription. 2.

  To constitute; form: Ten years make up a decade. 3a. To alter one's appearance

  for a role on the stage, as with a costume and cosmetics. b. To apply

  cosmetics. 4. To devise as a fiction or falsehood; invent: made up an excuse.

  5a. To make good (a deficit or lack): made up the difference in the bill. b.

  To compensate for: make up for lost time. 6. To resolve a quarrel: kissed and

  made up. 7. To make ingratiating or fawning overtures. Used with to: made up

  to his friend's boss. 8. To take (an exam or course) again or at a later time

  because of previous absence or failure. 9. To set in order: make up a room.

  10. Printing To select and arrange material for: made up the front page.

    

- make good: 1. To carry out successfully: made good his escape. 2. To fulfill:

  made good her promise. 3. To make compensation for; make up for: made good the

  loss. 4. To succeed: made good as a writer.

 

- on the make: Slang 1. Aggressively striving for financial or social

  improvement: a young executive on the make. 2. Eagerly seeking a sexual

  partner.

 

- makeover n. An overall treatment to improve the appearance or change the

  image.

 

- makeup (or make-up) n. 1. The way in which something is composed or arranged;

  composition or construction. 3. The qualities or temperament that constitute a

  personality; disposition: Lying is not in her makeup. 4. Cosmetics applied

  especially to the face. 5. Materials, such as cosmetics and costumes, that an

  actor or actress uses in portraying a role. 6. A special examination for a

  student who has been absent from or has failed a previous examination.

 

- makework n. Work of little value assigned or taken on only to keep someone

  from being idle.

 

- making n. 1a. The act of one that makes. b. The process of coming into being:

  trouble in the making. 2. The means of gaining success or realizing potential:

  That job will be the making of you. 4a. The abilities or qualities needed for

  development. Often used in the plural: She has the makings of a fine teacher.

  b. The material or ingredients needed for maing or doing something: all the

  makings of an apple pie. 5. makings Informal The paper and tobacco for rolling

  a cigarette.

 

- makimono n. A horizontal Japanese decorative scroll featuring pictures or

  calligraphy.

 

- malacology n. The branch of zoology that deals with mollusks.

 

- malady n. 1. A disease, a disorder, or an ailment. 2. An unwholesome

  condition: the malady of discontent.

 

- mala fide adv. & adj. With or in bad faith.

 

- malaise n. 1. A vague feeling of bodily discomfort, as at the beginning of an

  illness. 2. A general sense of depression or unease: "One year after the

  crash, the markets remain mired in a deep malaise" (New York Times).

 

- malapropism n. 1. Ludicrous misuse of a word, especially by confusion with one

  of similar sound. 2. An example of such misuse. [From malaprop, After Mrs.

  Malaprop, a character in The Rivals, a play by Richard Brinsley Sheridan.]

 

- malapropos adj. Out of place; inappropriate. adv.

 

- Maldives An island country in the Indian Ocean south west of Sri Lanka,

  consisting of 19 atolls made up of more than 2,000 coral islands. --Maldivian

 

- male fern n. A fern having rhizomes and stalks that yield an oleoresin used to

  expel tapeworms.

 

- malinger intr.v. To feign illness or other incapacity in order to avoid duty

  or work.

 

- mallard n. A wild duck of which the male has a green head and neck. Most

  domestic ducks descend from the mallard.

 

- malleolus n. Either of the two rounded protuberances on each side of the

  ankle, the inner formed by a projection of the tibia, and the outer by a

  projection of the fibula.

 

- malleus n. The hammer-shaped bone that is the outermost of the three small

  bones in the mammalian middle ear. Also called hammer.

 

- mall walking n. An activity in which one walks around a shopping mall for

  exercise.

 

- mammaplasty or mammoplasty n. Reconstructive or cosmetic plastic surgery to

  alter the size or shape of the breast or breasts.

 

- Mammon n. 1. Bible. Riches, avarice, and worldly gain personified as a false

  god in the New Testament.

 

- man n. 14. Nautical. A ship. Often used in combination: a merchantman; a

  man-of-war.

 

- as one man 1. In complete agreement; unanimously. 2. With no exception: They

  objected as one man.

 

- to a man Without exception: All were lost, to a man.

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