This section is from the book "Manual Of Useful Information", by J. C Thomas. Also available from Amazon: Manual of useful Information.
Mark, v., impress, print, stamp, engrave, note, designate. Marriage, wedding, nuptials, matrimony, wedlock. Martial, military, warlike, soldier-like. Marvel, wonder, miracle, prodigy. Marvelous, wondrous, wonderful, amazing, miraculous. Massive, bulky, heavy, weighty, ponderous, solid, substantial. (Flimsy.) Mastery, dominion, rule, sway, ascendancy, supremacy. Matchless, unrivaled, unequaled, unparalleled, peerless, incomparable, inimitable, surpassing. (Common, ordinary.) Material, a., corporeal, bodily, physical, temporal, momentous, important. (Spiritual, immaterial.) Maxim, adage, apophthegm, proverb, saying, by-word, saw. Meager, poor, lank, emaciated, barren, dry, uninteresting. (Rich.) Mean, a., stingy, niggardly, low, abject, vile, ignoble, degraded, contemptible, vulgar, despicable. (Generous.) Mean, v., design, purpose, intent, contemplate, signify, denote, indicate. Meaning, signification, import, acceptation, sense, purport. Medium, organ, channel, instrument, means. Medley, mixture, variety, diversity, miscellany. Meek, unassuming, mild, gentle. (Proud.) Melancholy, low-spirited, dispirited, dreamy, sad. (Jolly, buoyant.) Mellow, ripe, mature, soft. (Immature.) Melodious, tuneful, musical, silver, dulcet, sweet. (Discordant.) Memorable, signal, distinguished, marked.
Memorial, monument, memento, commemoration. Memory, remembrance, recollection. Menace, n.,, threat. Mend, repair, amend, correct, better, ameliorate, improve, rectify. Mention, tell, name, communicate, impart, divulge, reveal, disclose, inform, acquaint. Merciful, compassionate, lenient, clement, tender, gracious, kind. (Cruel.) Merciless, hard-hearted, cruel, unmerciful, pitiless, remorseless, unrelenting. (Kind.) Merriment, mirth, joviality, jollity, hilarity. (Sorrow.) Merry, cheerful, mirthful, joyous, gay, lively, sprightly, hilarious, blithe, blithesome, jovial, sportive, jolly. (Sad.) Metaphorical. figurative, allegorical, symbolical. Method, way, manner, mode, process, order, rule, regularity, system. Mien, air, look, manner, aspect, appearance. Migratory, roving, strolling, wandering, vagrant. (Settled, sedate, permanent.) Mimic, imitate, ape, mock. Mindful, observant, attentive, heedful, thoughtful. (Heedless.) MiScellaneous, promiscuous, indiscriminate, mixed. Mischief, injury, harm, damage, hurt, evil, ill. (Benefit.) Miscreant, caitiff, villain, ruffian. Miserable, unhappy, wretched, distressed, afflicted. (Happy.) Miserly, stingy, niggardly, avaricious, grasping.
Misery, wretchedness, woe, destitution, penury, privation, beggary. (Happiness.) Misfortune, calamity, disaster, mishap, catas-trophe. (Good luck.) Miss, omit, lose, fail, miscarry. Mitigate, alleviate, relieve, abate, diminish. (Aggravate.) Moderate, temperate, abstemious, sober, abstinent. (Immoderate.) Modest, chaste, virtuous, bashful, reserved. (Immodest.) Moist, wet, damp, dank, humid. (Dry.) Monotonous, unvaried, dull, tiresome, undiversified. (Varied.) Monstrous, shocking, dreadful, horrible, huge, immense. Monument, memorial, record, remembrancer, cenotaph. Mood, humor, disposition, vein, temper. Morbid, sick, ailing, sickly, diseased, corrupted. (Normal, sound.) Morose, gloomy, sullen, surly, fretful, crabbed, crusty. (Joyous.) Mortal, deadly, fatal, human. Motion, proposition, proposal, movement. Motionless, still, stationary, torpid, stagnant. (Active, moving.) Mount, arise, rise, ascend, soar, tower, climb, scale. MournfuL, sad, sorrowful, lugubrious, grievous, dolefult heavy. (Happy.) Move, actuate, impel, induce, prompt, instigate, persuade, stir, agitate, propel, push. MuLtiTude, crowd, throng, host, mob, swarm. Murder, v., kill, assassinate, slay, massacre, despatch, Muse, v., meditate, contemplate, think, reflect, cogitate, ponder. Music, harmony, melody, symphony.
MusicaL, tuneful, melodious, harmonious, dulcet, sweet. Musty, stale, sour, fetid. (Fresh, sweet.) Mute, dumb, silent, speechless. MutiLaTe, maim, cripple, disable, disfigure. Mutinous, insurgent, seditious, tumultuous, turbulent, riot ous. (Obedient, orderly.) MuTuaL, reciprocal, interchanged, correlative. (Sole, solitary.) Mysterious, dark, obscure, hidden, secret, dim, mystic, enigmatical, unaccountable. (Open, clear.) Mystify, confuse, perplex, puzzle. (Clear, explain.)
Naked, nude, bare, uncovered, unclothed, rough, rude, simple. (Covered, clad.) Name, v., denominate, entitle, style, designate, term, call, christen. Name, n., appellation, designation, denomination, title, cognomen, reputation, character, fame, credit, repute. Narrate, tell, relate, detail, recount, describe, enumerate, rehearse, recite. Nasty, filthy, foul, dirty, unclean, impure, indecent, gross, vile. Nation, people, community, realm, state. Native, indigenous, inborn, vernacular. Naturae, original, regular, normal, bastard. (Unnatural, forced.) Near, nigh, neighboring, close, adjacent, contiguous, intimate. (Distant.) Necessary, needful, expedient, essential, requisite, indispensable. (Useless.) Necessitate, v., compel, force, oblige. Necessity, need, occasion, exigency, emergency, urgency, requisite. Need, n.t necessity, distress, poverty, indigence, want, penury. Need, v., require, want, lack. Neglect, v., disregard, slight, omit, overlook. Neglect, n., omission, failure, default, negligence, remissness, carelessness, slight. Neighborhood, environs, vicinity, nearness, adjacency, proximity. Nervous, timid, timorous, shaky. New, fresh, recent, novel. (Old.) News, tidings, intelligence, information.
Nice, exact, accurate, good, particular, precise, fine, delicate. (Careless, coarse, unpleasant.) NimbLe, active, brisk, lively, alert, quick, agile, prompt. (Awkward.) Nobility, aristocracy, greatness, grandeur, peerage. NobLe, exalted, elevated, illustrious, great, grand, lofty. (Low.) Noise, cry, outcry, clamor, row, din, uproar, tumult. (Silence.) Nonsensical, irrational, absurd, silly, foolish. (Sensible.) Notable, plain, evident, remarkable, signal, striking, rare. (Obscure.) Note, s., token, symbol, mark, sign, indication, remark, comment. Noted, distinguished, remarkable, eminent, renowned. (Obscure.) Notice, n., advice, notification, intelligence, information. Notice, v., mark, note, observe, attend to, regard, heed. Notify, v., publish, acquaint, apprise, inform, declare. Notion, conception, idea, belief, opinion, sentiment. Notorious, conspicuous, open, obvious, ill-famed. (Unknown.) Nourish, nurture, cherish, foster, supply. (Starve, famish.) Nourishment, food, diet, sustenance, nutrition.
 
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