Magnitude - size, greatness, bulk.

Maintain - sustain, keep, support, help, continue, assert, defend, vindicate.

Malady - evil, disease, affliction, disorder, distemper.

Manage - control, direct, conduct.

Mandate - command, charge, injunction, order.

Mangle - cut, lacerate, mutilate, tear, maim.

Manifest - evident, clear, open, apparent, obvious, plain.

Margin - edge, verge, rim, brim, brink, border.

Mark - stamp, impress, imprint, brand, show, observe.

Marriage - matrimony, wedlock, nuptials.

Marvel - wonder, prodigy, miracle.

Massive - large, heavy, bulky, ponderous.

Master - achieve, overcome, surmount, conquer.

Mature - perfect, complete, ripe.

Maxim - saying, adage, proverb.

Mean - abject, low, despicable, miserly, sordid, penurious, niggardly.

Meaning - sense, import, signification, intention, purpose, design.

Meanwhile - meantime, interim, intervening.

Mechanic - artisan, artificer.

Meddle - interpose, interfere, interrupt.

Mediate - intercede, interpose.

Meek - mild, soft, gentle, humble.

Meet - assemble, join, fit, becoming.

Meeting - assembly, company, auditory, congregation.

Melancholy - sadness, distress, depression, gloom, grief, dejection.

Melody - harmony, unison, happiness, concord.

Melt - dissolve, soften, liquefy.

Memory - remembrance, reminiscence, recollection.

Mend - improve, repair, rectify, correct.

Merciful - mild, tender, gracious, benignant, compassionate, forgiving.

Merciless - hard-hearted, pitiless, cruel, unmerciful.

Mercy - pity, clemency, compassion, lenity.

Merry - happy, joyous, cheerful, gay, lively, mirthful, sportive, sprightly, vivacious.

Messenger - bearer, carrier, harbinger, forerunner, precursor.

Metaphor - similitude, trope, emblem, allegory, symbol.

Method - order, manner, system, mode, rule, plan, regularity.

Mighty - strong, powerful,great, potent.

Mild - meek, gentle, kind, easy, sweet, tender, mellow.

Mindful - heedful, observant, attentive.

Minister - contribute, supply, administer.

Mirth - merriment, joy, hilarity, cheerfulness, vivacity, jollity.

Mischief - damage, harm, hurt, misfortune, injury.

Miserly - stingy, covetous, niggardly, penurious, avaricious.

Misfortune - calamity, harm, disaster, mishap, ill-luck.

Mistake - error, blunder, misconception.

Misuse - ill-treat, pervert, abuse, misapply.

Mitigate - lessen, alleviate, appease, ameliorate, abate, assuage, soothe, mollify.

Model - pattern, copy, sample, mould, specimen.

Moderation - temperance, sobriety, frugality, forbearance, modesty.

Modern - recent, late, new, novel.

Modest - quiet, retiring, reserved, diffident, bashful, unassuming.

Modify - re-arrange, change, extenuate, alter, moderate.

Molest - annoy, vex, tease, incommode, trouble, disturb.

Mollify - ease, appease, moderate, mitigate, assuage, soften.

Morose - sour, sillen, gloomy, peevish, forbidding.

Motive - incentive, reason, cause, principle. Mourn - grieve, lament, sorrow, bewail, bemoan.

Move - change, para, stir, incite, influence, persuade, actuate, instigate, impel.

Munificent - bounteous, bountiful, generous, beneficent, liberal, plentiful.

Muse - study, ponder, wonder, reflect, think, meditate, contemplate.

Mutable - changeable, unsteady, inconstant, fickle, wavering, unstable, variable, alterable, irresolute.

Mutilate - deface, injure, destroy, deprive, mangle, maim.

Mutinous - turbulent, seditious, insubordinate.

Mysterious - hidden, dim, dark obscure, mystic, latent.

N

Naked - exposed, nude, unclothed, uncovered, simple, plain.

Name - cognomen, appellation, title, reputation, credit, denomination.

Narrow - contracted, confined, limited, curtailed, close.

Native - indigenous, genuine, intrinsic.

Near - adjoining, adjacent, close, contiguous.

Necessary - needful, expedient, indispensable, essential, important, requisite.

Need - poverty, want, penury, indigence.

Nefarious - evil, wicked, unjust, wrong, iniquitous.

Negligent - careless, heedless, remiss, neglectful, inattentive.

New - fresh, late, modern, novel.

Nigh - close, adjoining, contiguous, near, adjacent.

Noble - distinguished, elevated, exalted, illustrious, great, grand.

Noisy - boisterous, turbulent, high, clamorous, loud sounding.

Noted - renowned, distinguished, conspicuous, celebrated, eminent, notorious, illustrious.

Notice - warning, information, intelligence, advice.

Notion - thought, opinion, sentiment, whim, idea, conception, perception.

Notorious - celebrated, renowned, distinguished, noted, public, conspicuous.

Notwithstanding - nevertheless, however, in spite of, yet.

Nourish - feed, uphold, maintain, cherish, nurture, support.

O

Obdurate - inflexible, unfeeling, callous, impenitent, hardened, in-sensible, obstinate.

Obedient - submissive, compliant, yielding, dutiful, obsequious, respectful.

Object - end, subject, aim.

Object - oppose, against, except to.

Oblige - compel, coerce, bind, engage, force, favor, please, gratify.

Obnoxious - offensive, liable, disagreeable, unpleasant, exposed.

Obscure - hidden, concealed, indistinct, difficult, dark, abstruse.

Observance - ceremony, rite, attention, form, respect.

Observant - watchful, attentive, mindful, regardful.

Observe - see, notice, watch, follow, remark, keep.

Obsolete - disused, old, worn-out, antiquated, ancient, old-fashioned.

Obstacle - impediment, obstruction, difficulty, hinderance.

Obstinate - stubborn, resolute, headstrong.

Obstruct - impede, hinder, stop, prevent.

Obtain - gain, secure, get, win, acquire, procure, earn.