Vocabulary Words | Meanings |
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marksman | one who is skilful to hit a mark, one who shoots well |
marmalade | a kind of jam made from orange, lemons or grapefruit cooked with sugar |
maroon | a dark brownish-red colour |
marriage | the ceremony by which a man and woman become husband and wife |
marry | to become husband and wife |
marsh | a piece of wet swampy land which is unsafe to walk on because your feet sink down into it |
marshal | an important officer in the army. In the United States, the same word also mean a sheriff |
marshmallow | a soft sticky white or pink sweet |
marshy | wet; swampy |
marvel | to wonder, to be amazed |
marvels | wonderful; splendid |
marzipan | a sweet food made of crushed almonds and sugar |
masculine | like, or to do with, men or boys |
mash | to crush something so that it becomes soft and smooth, like mashed potatoes |
mask | a cover to hide the face, sometimes funny, sometimes pretty and sometimes frightening |
mass | a lump of something; a large quantity or number |
massive | a large and heavy |
mast | a long pole that holds up the sails of a sailing vessel |
master | someone who controls or commands other people |
mat | a piece of thick material on a floor. |
match | a small thin piece of wood or cardboard with a tip that makes fire. The same word also means to refer a game |
matchles | having no equal, unrivalled |
mate | a fiend or helper; someone you often play or work with |
material | what anything is made of |
materialist | one who asserts that all existence is material |
mathematics | the study of numbers, measurements and quantities |
matinee | (say matinay) an afternoon performance of a show |
mattress | the thick soft part of the bed that you lie on |
mauve | a pale purple colour |
may | the pink or white blossom on a hawthorn tree |
maybe | another word for perhaps or possible |
mayor | a man chosen to be leader of the town council |
maypole | a high pole set up on the first day of May. The pole is decorated with flowers and ribbons, and people dance around it |
maze | a place with lots of paths that cross and turn into each other so that it is hard to find your way out |
meadow | a field of grass, often made into hay and used to feed animals |
meal | food eaten at certain times of the day. Breakfast, lunch, tea, dinner and supper are all meals |
mean | selfish and unkind. The same word is also used for explaining a thing, such as that the word means selfish and unkind |
meaning | the sense or explanation of something said or written |
meanwhile | the time between two events or happenings |
measles | an illness. You have a high fever an are covered in small itchy red spots |
measure | to find out the size or amount of anything |
measurement | the size or amount of something |
meat | the parts of animals that are cooked and eaten |
mechanical | machine-like. A mechanical toy is worked by machinery, not by a person |
medal | a piece of metal like a coin or cross hanging on a ribbon. It is given as a reward for being very brave or very skilful |
meddle | to interfere with what someone else is trying to do |
medicine | something that you eat or drink or rub on yourself to make you feel better when you are ill |
medium | middle-sized |
meek | gentle and patient; not likely to fight back or lose your temper easily |
meet | to come together with someone or something |
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.