Webster Essential Vocabulary

miffed(MIFT) vt.(past) offended; put out of good humor

• Walter was miffedat his shoddy treatment by the produce supplier.


• Audrey went to school in a good humor but was soon miffedat what she
  heard.
  [miffing, (to) miff vi., vt.]

Quick Review #55.

Match the word from column 2 with the word from column 1 that means most
nearly the same thing.

158 Essential Vocabulary

1. media


2. mediocre


3. melee


4. melodrama


5. memorable


6. mentor


7. merely


8. metamorphose


9. metaphor


10. methodical


11. meticulous


12. miffed

a. transform

b. offended

c. teacher

d. systematic

e. comparison

f. scrupulous

g. average

h. sensationalism

i. only

j. television

k. notable

l. donnybrook

mimicry* (MIM ik REE) n.1. the practice, art, instance, or way of imitating;

2. a close resemblance in color, form, or behavior of one organism to another,
   or of an organism to an inanimate object in its environment (for the purpose of
   concealment)
   
   
   • Many great comedians have developed their comic senses of timing
     through mimicryof the late Jack Benny.
   
   
   • For the chameleon, mimicryof the color of its environment is the way in
     which it protects itself, keeping it hidden from potential predators.
     mineral(MIN oer il) n.1. an inorganic substance in nature with certain physi-
     cal and/or chemical properties; such a substance that is organic in origin, such as
     coal; 2. ore; 3. anything not animal or vegetable; 4. any element needed by plants
     or animals for growth, like oxygen, nitrogen, phosphorous, iron, etc.
   
   
   • It’s odd to consider coal to be a mineralbecause millions of years ago it was
     alive.
   
   
   • Veins of mineralslike gold and silver can be chipped from surrounding
     rocks.
   
   
   • Ocean water is rich in mineralsas well as in animal and plant life.
   
   
   • The mineralmost necessary for all existing life is oxygen.