macabre

"This macabre story is about a psychotic farmer who chokes people with corn on the cob."

gross; ghastly; suggestive of horrible death and decay

magnanimous

The magnanimous king allowed the prisoner to live on one condition: that he take the SAT every day for the rest of his life. The prisoner chose death.

malaise

After I ate the jar of mayonnaise, I had a feeling of malaise that made me lazy.

malediction

The male chauvinist's remarks earned him a malediction from the feminists.

malevolent

All year I am malevolent. But I repent for my life in Lent.

malice

The Queen of Hearts felt malice toward Alice.

malign

He maligned me by saying that I couldn't remember my lines.

malignancy

In an act of extreme malignancy, the bully was trying to break my leg. Suddenly, the doorbell rang. I said to him, "Get off my leg'n see who's at the door."

malodorous

The air in the testing center will be malodorous.

maneuver

The captain used a tricky sailing maneuver to rescue the man overboard. The man thanked him, "Man, you very clever."

maritime

We had a merry time when we vacationed in a maritime resort.

meander

Me and her meandered down the path.

melancholy

When he finds out that she can't elope, he'll be melancholy.

mellifluous

Mel is fluent in the mellifluous lines of Hamlet.

mendacious

Men who say they don't fear commitment are probably being mendacious.

mendicant

Men dat can't get jobs often become mendicants. The bum lived a mendicant existence.

(n.) a beggar

(adj.) practicing begging

meticulous

He was so meticulous that he used the metric system to measure the diameter of his navel lint.

miasma

Deep in the swamp, Eugene cried, "This miasma is bad for my asthma."

minuscule

Minuscule students go to minischools.

misnomer

"My name is Mrs. Troller!" screamed the teacher. "To call me Miss Gnomer is a misnomer."

mitigate

The robber's escape was foiled when he was met at the gate by cops. His sentence was mitigated, however, when he offered the cops donuts.