| 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 |
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.