| Vocabulary Words | Meanings |
|---|---|
| meeting | coming together for a purpose |
| melt | to turn to liquid when heated. Butter melts in warm weather and so does ice |
| member | someone who belongs to a team or club or some other group of people |
| memory | the part of our mind that remembers things |
| men | more than one man |
| mend | to put something right; to repair it when it is torn or broken |
| mental | to do with the mind; worked out in your head and not written out |
| mention | to speak briefly about something |
| menu | a piece of card or paper with a list of what there is to eat in a restaurant or cafe |
| mercantile | commercial, trading |
| mercy | pity; forgiveness |
| merit | to deserve something, such as a reward or punishment |
| mermaid | an imaginary sea creature, supposed to be half woman and half fish, with a fish tail instead of legs |
| merry | happy; enjoying yourself |
| merry-go-round | another word for roundabout |
| mess | an untidy muddle; confusion |
| message | communication sent or to be sent |
| messenger | someone who carries a message |
| metal | hard materials like iron and steel. Cars and aeroplanes are mostly made of metal |
| meteor | a piece of rock travelling in space, often called a shooting star |
| meter | an instrument for measuring a quantity of something, such as gas, water or electricity |
| method | a way of doing something |
| metre | a measure of length equal to 100 centimetres |
| mew | the crying sound made by a cat or kitten |
| mice | more than one mouse |
| microphone | an instrument that picks up sounds for radio, television or tape recorders |
| microscope | an instrument with a tube that you look through, which makes very tiny things look much larger |
| midday | the middle of the day between morning and afternoon |
| middle | halfway; in the centre |
| midget | a person who is very small, even when grown up |
| midnight | 12 o’clock night, the middle of the night |
| midst | another word for middle, when you mean in the middle of a crowd of people |
| mighty | another word for powerful or strong |
| mild | not strong or severe |
| mile | a measure of distance equal to 1.760 yards |
| milestone | a stone or block set up to mark the miles on a road |
| milk | the white liquid that is used to feed babies. Most people drink cow’s milk |
| milkman | a man who sells milk, or brings milk to your house |
| mill | a machine for grinding things like grain, coffee beans and pepper into very small pieces. The same word also means a building or factory where cloth or steel is made |
| millimetre | a thousandth part of metre |
| million | a thousand times a thousand; 10,00,000; ten lakhs |
| millionaire | a very rich man who has a million pounds or more |
| mimic | to imitate or copy someone else; usually in a mocking way |
| mince | to chop or grind something, usually meat, into very small pieces |
| mincemeat | a mixture of chopped-up fruit, nuts, raisins and other things, cooked in pastry, usually at Christmas time |
| mind | what you think with. The same word also means to be careful and think what you are doing |
| mine | large deep hole in the ground where men dig for coal, diamonds gold or other minerals. The same word also means belonging to me |
| miner | a man who works in a mine |
| mineral | any substance in the earth that can be dug out and used, such as coal, metal, rock |
| mingle | to mix with or go about with, as when you mingle with the crowd at a football match |
What are phrasal verbs?
Phrasal verbs are verbs that consist of two or three words. The first word is a verb and it is followed by an adverb or a prepositions or both.