Second Grade - Practice Vocabulary Word List

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Vocabulary Words - Second Grade - M:

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  • maid
    (n.) A person whose job it is to clean houses or hotel rooms.
    (n.) A person whose job is to clean rooms in a hotel or house.
    (n.) A person whose job it is to do household chores.

  • mail
    (n.) Letters or packages that you send through the postal system.
    (v.) To send something in the postal system.

  • maker
    (n.) A person who makes things..

  • mark
    (n.) A spot.
    (v.) To write or draw something.
    (v.) To draw attention to something.
    (v.) To celebrate.
    (n.) A level.

  • mash
    (v.) To crush or smash.

  • match
    (n.) A sporting event between two teams or people.
    (n.) A small wooden stick or piece of paper used to light something on fire.
    (v.) To put two alike things together.

  • math
    (n.) The study of numbers and the relationships between them.
    (n.) The study of numbers.

  • maze
    (n.) A complicated series of paths within high walls, designed to confuse people who walk through them.

  • mean
    (v.) To intend or indicate.
    (adj.) Unkind or unfriendly.

  • melt
    (v.) To change from solid to liquid.

  • merry
    (adj.) Happy, joyful.

  • mind
    (n.) The parts of your brain that you use to think and imagine things.
    (v.) A word you use to ask politely if you can do something or if someone will do something.

  • minus
    (preposition) A subtraction.
    (adj.) Having to do with something less than zero.

  • miss
    (v.) To not notice or do something.
    (n.) A word you use in front of the family name of a woman who is not married.

  • moat
    (n.) A deep wide ditch around the walls of a castle that is usually filled with water.

  • moon
    (n.) A sphere that moves around a planet.

  • moped
    (n.) A vehicle-like a bicycle with a small engine.

  • mountain
    (n.) A very tall hill.

  • mouse
    (n.) A very small animal with a pointed face, round ears, and long tail.

  • much
    (adj.) A lot of something.

  • muscle
    (n.) One of the many body parts that aids in movement and strength.
    (n.) Power to do difficult tasks.

  • mush
    (n.) A soft food that is part solid and part liquid.

  • music
    (n.) The study of sounds made by voices or instruments.

  • must
    (v.) A word you use to say that something is necessary because of a rule, or because it is the best thing to do.



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