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Linguistic and grammatical words.

Subcategories: Abstract Nouns (9), Adjectives (842), Adverbs (29), Conjunctions (33), Interjections (10), Past tense (209), Plural (47), Prepositions (56), Pronouns (65), Punctuation (9), Verbs (743)

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Mis forMeander

To meander means to take an indirect or wandering path. For example, rivers aren't often straight lines from one body of water to another, instead rivers twist and turn in a meandering fashion.

Mis forMeasure

You measure something when you find out how big or heavy it is. People might measure distance, weight or size.

Mis forMedium

Medium is a way to describe something that is a size in between small and large.

Mis forMen

Men is the plural of man.

Mis forMend

Mend is another word for fix or repair.

Mis forMessed

Messed is the past tense of mess. For example, "she messed up her room".

Mis forMessy

Something is messy if the things in or on it are arranged randomly, so they don't look very nice. The opposite of messy is neat.

Mis forMexican

Mexicans are people from Mexico, and Mexican also means anything relating to Mexico.

Mis forMice

Mice is the plural of mouse. There are two mice in the picture.
Middle-aged is a way of describing someone who is about 40 to 60 years old. It describes someone who is no longer young, but not yet old.

Mis forMigrate

Birds or animals migrate when they all move to a new area at the same time. Migrations happen with the seasons at the same time each year so the birds or animals follow their food source. Sometimes they travel an incredible distance - some kinds of bird travel halfway around the world!

Mis forMilitary

Military means anything relating to the armed forces, particularly the army.

Mis forMilled

Milled is the past tense of mill, or something that has been made in a mill.

Mis forMingle

You go out and mingle when you go out amongst other people and talk to them. Mingling is a great way to meet new people.
Something is miniature if it is a very small copy of something else. A miniature can either be a model of something, like a miniature car, or a word for a very small animal, such as a miniature horse.

Mis forMissing

Something is missing if it is not there, and it should be there. One of the chocolates in the picture is missing.

Mis forMix

Mixing is a way of combining two or more things together so you cannot easily tell what went into the mix.
You make cake batter by mixing the ingredients together, and you make new colours of paint by mixing different colours together. Food described as 'mixed' like mixed candy or mixed nuts is made from several different kinds of food mixed together.
The picture is of someone mixing several different colours of paint together.

Mis forMolten

Something is molten if it has been melted by heat. Molten is usually used to describe hot, liquid metals.
Mongolian means anything relating to Mongolia, people from Mongolia or the language spoken in Mongolia.
Something is monochrome if it is made up of shades of the same color.