Vocabulary Words | Meanings |
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mutiny | refusal by soldiers, sailors or airmen to obey their officers |
mutter | to speak so softly that it is hard to understand the words |
mutton | the meat from sheep |
muzzle | the jaws and nose of an animal. The same word also means a sort of cage or arrangement of straps fastened on an animal’s nose and mouth to keep it from biting |
mystery | something strange that has happened, but that cannot be explained or easily understood |
myth | an old, old story which explains how something began or happened. The same word also means an imaginary person or event |
Examples of back formation
1.Baby-sit (baby-sitter)
2.Gyre (gyroscope)
3.Edit (editor)