SAT最常见的1000个词汇（M-1）

　　该词表中的词汇主要是针对美国学生挑选出来的，这1000个词汇是属于SAT考试中常出现但美国学生却不熟悉的词汇，因此该词表中的词汇难度较大。如果你是刚刚接触SAT的考生，最好不要立即使用该词表，推荐留在备考的最后阶段再使用。 

maelstrom (n.) a destructive whirlpool which rapidly sucks in objects (Little did the
explorers know that as they turned the next bend of the calm river a vicious
maelstrom would catch their boat.)
magnanimous (adj.) noble, generous (Although I had already broken most of her
dishes, Jacqueline was magnanimous enough to continue letting me use them.)
malediction (n.) a curse (When I was arrested for speeding, I screamed maledictions
against the policeman and the entire police department.)
malevolent (adj.) wanting harm to befall others (The malevolent old man sat in the park
all day, tripping unsuspecting passersby with his cane.)

malleable (adj.) capable of being shaped or transformed (Maximillian’s political
opinions were so malleable that anyone he talked to was able to change his mind
instantly.)
mandate (n.) an authoritative command (In the Old Testament, God mandates that no
one should steal.)
manifest 1. (adj.) easily understandable, obvious (When I wrote the wrong sum on the
chalkboard, my mistake was so manifest that the entire class burst into laughter.) 2.
(v.) to show plainly (His illness first manifested itself with particularly violent
hiccups.)
manifold (adj.) diverse, varied (The popularity of Dante’s Inferno is partly due to the
fact that the work allows for manifold interpretations.)
maudlin (adj.) weakly sentimental (Although many people enjoy romantic comedies, I
usually find them maudlin and shallow.)
maverick (n.) an independent, nonconformist person (Andreas is a real maverick and
always does things his own way.)

mawkish (adj.) characterized by sick sentimentality (Although some nineteenthcentury
critics viewed Dickens’s writing as mawkish, contemporary readers have
found great emotional depth in his works.)
maxim (n.) a common saying expressing a principle of conduct (Miss Manners’s
etiquette maxims are both entertaining and instructional.)
meager (adj.) deficient in size or quality (My meager portion of food did nothing to
satisfy my appetite.)
medley (n.) a mixture of differing things (Susannah’s wardrobe contained an
astonishing medley of colors, from olive green to fluorescent pink.)
mendacious (adj.) having a lying, false character (The mendacious content of the tabloid
magazines is at least entertaining.)
mercurial (adj.) characterized by rapid change or temperamentality (Though he was
widely respected for his mathematical proofs, the mercurial genius was impossible to
live with.)
meritorious (adj.) worthy of esteem or reward (Manfred was given the congressional
medal of honor for his meritorious actions.)