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property has been made over to me. 39 make up. a complete,<br />

fill out, finish (out), flesh out: We need another player to<br />

make up the team. b compose, form, constitute, be comprised of:<br />

The gang is made up of ex-convicts. c hatch, invent, concoct,<br />

devise, create, construct, dream up, originate, coin, compose,<br />

Colloq cook up: He made up that story about the murder. d be<br />

reconciled, make peace, settle amicably, come to terms, bury the<br />

hatchet: The litigants have kissed and made up. e construct,<br />

build: The shack is made up of scrap boards. 40 make up for.<br />

compensate, redress, make good, atone, make amends: How can I<br />

make up for all the bad things I said about you? 41 make way.<br />

move aside, clear the way, allow to pass, make room or space:<br />

Make way for the Lord High Executioner!<br />

--n. 42 kind, brand, style, sort, type, mark: Foreign makes of<br />

car currently dominate the market-place. 43 on the make.<br />

aggressive, assertive, go-ahead, enterprising, vigorous,<br />

energetic, Colloq pushy: The book is about a young man on the<br />

make in today's financial world.<br />

makeshift adj. 1 temporary, stopgap, expedient, emergency, temporary,<br />

jury-rigged, improvised, tentative, stand-by, slapdash: We were<br />

able to fashion a makeshift rudder out of an oar.<br />

--n. 2 stopgap, expedient, improvisation, substitute: The<br />

heater broke down and we had to get along with a makeshift.<br />

make-up n. 1 cosmetics, maquillage, greasepaint, Colloq warpaint: Do<br />

you think I am wearing too much make-up? 2 constitution,<br />

character, cast, disposition, personality: There is not an<br />

ounce of sympathy in Janet's make-up. 3 constitution,<br />

arrangement, construction, composition, format, configuration,<br />

build, form: What is the chemical make-up of the plastic?<br />

male adj. masculine, man's; virile, manly, manful; Archaic spear:<br />

His is bound to be a male point of view.<br />

malignant adj. 1 virulent, pernicious, deadly, fatal, toxic, poisonous,<br />

harmful, life-threatening: The tumour proved to be malignant.<br />

2 malign, malevolent, evil, malicious, pernicious, vicious,<br />

invidious, spiteful, bitter, hateful, venomous: The expos‚ was<br />

full of malignant insinuations.

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