| Vocabulary Words | Meanings |
|---|---|
| miniature | a small copy of anything |
| minor | not important. The same word also means a person who is not yet an adult |
| mint | a place where coins are made. The same word also means a small garden plant used for flavouring sauces and sweets |
| minute | One minute is 60 seconds, It takes 60 minutes to make an hour |
| miracle | something wonderful or fortunate that you would not expect to happen |
| mirage | something you imagine you can see that is not really there, as when hot and thirsty travelers in the desert think they see water ahead |
| mirror | a piece of glass with something behind it so that you can see yourself instead of seeing through the glass |
| misbehave | to behave badly or in a rude way |
| miscellaneous | consisting of several kinds |
| mischief | harm or damage; naughtiness |
| misdemeanour | ill behaviour |
| miser | someone who hoards all his money and lives in a poor way |
| miserable | feeling very sad and unhappy |
| misery | unhappiness; sorrow |
| misfortune | bad luck; a calamity |
| misrule | bad rule, misgovernment |
| miss | to fail to hit, catch or find something |
| mist | very low cloud |
| mistake | something wrong, like a mistake in your sums |
| mistrust | not to trust or not to believe someone |
| misunderstand | not to understand; to mistake the meaning of something |
| mite | anything very small. In the old days there was a very small coin called a mite. The same word also means a kind of tiny insect |
| mittens | coverings for the hands, like gloves, but without places for the fingers |
| mix | to put different things together |
| mixture | two or more things put together |
| moan | a long low sound made by someone in pain or sorrow |
| moat | a big ditch, usually filled with water. In olden times, castles had deep moats around them so that enemies could not get across |
| mobile | capable of being easily moved, changeable, fickle |
| mock | to make fun of someone |
| model | a copy of something like a boat or aeroplane, usually smaller than the real thing. The same word also means someone who shows off clothes or someone who stays quite still so that artists can paint or draw pictures of them |
| moderate | fair; between bad and good |
| modern | nowadays; at this time, not old-fashioned |
| moist | damp; slightly wet |
| moisture | dampness; slight wetness |
| mole | a small animal with sharp claws, tiny eyes and dark thick fur. It digs long tunnels in the ground. The same word also means a small, dark spot on the skin |
| moment | a very short time |
| momentous | important, significant, weighty |
| momentum | the force possessed by a body in motion, weight |
| momentus | important, significant, weighty |
| monarch | a king, queen, emperor or empress |
| monastery | a building where monks live |
| moneky | a small lively animal with a long tail. Monkeys live in hot countries, and are very good at climbing trees and swinging from branch to branch |
| money | coins and paper bank notes |
| mongrel | a dog which is a mixture of different types |
| monitor | a pupil in a school who is given a special job to help the teacher |
| monk | a member of a religious group living n a monastery |
| monn shine | pretence, show without substance, the light of the moon |
| monster | an enormous, horrible creature; a plant or animal of unusual or frightening appearance |
| month | about 4 weeks. There are 12 months in a year |
| monument | a statue or building that is put up to make people remember someone or some event |
Non-defining relative clause
Non-defining relative clauses are placed after nouns which are definite already.
The adjective clause which does not define the noun before it but gives additional information about the noun is called the non-defining relative clause.