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mayhap, Archaic peradventure: We could go and see a film
tonight, or maybe have a meal somewhere.
mayhem n. maihem, violence, havoc, destruction, disorder, devastation,
chaos; fracas, commotion, confusion: Someone screamed 'Fire!',
and the ensuing mayhem was unbelievable.
maze n. labyrinth, complex, intricacy, twistings and turnings,
convolutions: His application has been lost in the maze of
bureaucratic bungling.
13.2 meadow...
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meadow n. field, meadow-land, pasture, pasture land, Archaic or
literary lea, mead: The entire meadow was dotted with little
puffy clouds of white sheep.
meagre adj. 1 scanty, scant, poor, paltry, inadequate, skimpy,
scrimpy, sparse, spare, insufficient, bare, puny, piddling,
trifling, pathetic, exiguous, Colloq measly: Angela scraped out
a meagre living as a shop assistant. The meagre supplies
wouldn't last another day. 2 spare, skinny, scrawny, bony,
emaciated, gaunt, thin, lean, bare-boned, (half-)starved,
underfed, undernourished, starving: The meagre faces of the
survivors told of their ordeal. 3 spare, plain, bare-boned,
unadorned, unembellished, unelaborate, unelaborated, simple,
simplified, oversimplified, bare, inadequate, deficient,
undetailed, indefinite, non-specific, general, broad, loose,
vague: The police have only a meagre description to go on. 4
unfruitful, infertile, barren, deficient, poor, unproductive:
This land is too meagre to provide the people with a living.
meal n. 1 food, repast, victuals, nourishment, spread, collation,
refection; dinner, supper, breakfast, lunch, luncheon, Brit tea:
Meals will be served in the main dining room. 2 make a meal of.
overdo, overplay, go overboard, go or carry to extremes, carry
or go too far, do to excess: Perkins is bound to make a meal of
the slightest thing.
mealy-mouthed
adj. mincing, reticent, reluctant, hesitant, equivocal,