modicum N. /少量/limited quantity. Although his story is based on a modicum of truth, most of the events he
describes are fictitious.
modulate V. /控制;调制到标准;调制(信号)/tone down in intensity; regulate; change from one key to another. Always
singing at the top of her lungs, the budding Brunhilde never learned to modulate her voice.
molecule N. /分子/the smallest particle (one or more atoms) of a substance, having all the properties of that
substance. In chemistry, we study how atoms and molecules react to form new substances.
mollify V. /平息;安抚/soothe. The airline customer service representative tried to mollify the angry passenger by
offering her a seat in first class.
molt V. /换毛;褪毛/shed or cast off hair or feathers. When Molly's canary molted, he shed feathers all over the house. molten ADJ. /融化了的/melted. The city of Pompeii was destroyed by volcanic ash rather than by molten lava flowing
from Mount Vesuvius.
momentous ADJ. /非常重要的/very important. When Marie and Pierre Curie discovered radium, they had no idea of
the momentous impact their discovery would have upon society.
momentum N. /动量;动力/quantity of motion of a moving body; impetus. The car lost momentum as it tried to ascend
the steep hill.
monarchy N. /君主制;君主整体/government under a single ruler. Though England today is a monarchy, there is some
question whether it will be one in twenty years, given the present discontent at the prospect of Prince Charles as king.
monastic ADJ. /僧侣的;遁入空门的，不问世事/related to monks or monasteries; removed from worldly concerns.
Withdrawing from the world, Thomas Merton joined a contemplative religious order and adopted the monastic life.
monetary ADJ. /金融的/pertaining to money. Jane held the family purse strings: she made all monetary decisions
affecting the household.
monochromatic ADJ. /单色的/having only one color. Most people who are color blind actually can distinguish several
colors; some, however, have a truly monochromatic view of a world all in shades of gray.
monolithic ADJ. /单片的，单块的;一体不动摇的/solidly uniform; unyielding. Knowing the importance of appearing resolute,
the patriots sought to present a monolithic front.
monosyllabic ADJ. /单音节的/having only one syllable. No matter what he was asked, the taciturn New Englander
answered with a monosyllabic "Yep" or "Nope." monosyllable, N.
monotony N. /千篇一律的/sameness leading to boredom. What could be more deadly dull than the monotony of
punching numbers into a computer hour after hour?
montage N. /蒙/photographic composition combining elements from different sources. In one early montage,
Beauchamp brought together pictures of broken mannequins and newspaper clippings about the Vietnam War.
monumental ADJ. /雄伟的;厚重的;结实的;纪念的/massive. Writing a dictionary is a monumental task.
moodiness N. /闷闷不乐/fits of depression or gloom. Her recurrent moodiness left her feeling as if she had fallen into
a black hole.
moratorium N. /延期偿还/legal delay of payment. If we declare a moratorium and delay collection of debts for six
months, I am sure the farmers will be able to meet their bills.
morbid ADJ. /病态的，恐怖的;喜怒无常的;不成熟的/given to unwholesome thought; moody; characteristic of disease.
People who come to disaster sites just to peer at the grisly wreckage are indulging their morbid curiosity.
mores N. /风俗习惯/conventions; moral standards; customs. In America, Benazir Bhutto dressed as Western women
did; in Pakistan, however, she followed the mores of her people, dressing in traditional veil and robes.
moribund ADJ. /垂死的/dying. Hearst took a moribund, failing weekly newspaper and transformed it into one of the
liveliest, most profitable daily papers around.
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