mediocrity n. 平庸，碌碌無為(mediocre abilities or attainment)
    [例]Grateful as we are for these splendid books, they remain isolated examples of excellence in a literature of mediocrity.
    melancholy adj. 憂郁的(depressed);令人悲傷的(causing depression)
    [記]詞根記憶：melan(黑色)+chol(=bile膽汁)+y→膽汁發(fā)黑→憂郁的
    menial adj. 仆人的，卑微的(of servants;humble);n. 家仆(a domestic servant)
    [例]Although Ms. Brown found some of her duties to be menial, her supervision of forty workers was a considerable responsibility.
    [同]subservient, obsequious, servile, slavish
    mercenary adj. 唯利是圖的(acting merely for money);n. 雇傭兵(a professional soldier hired to serve in a foreign army for money)
    [記]詞根記憶：mercen(工資)+ary→只為了工錢的→唯利是圖的
    meretricious adj. 華而不實(shí)的，俗艷的(tawdrily and falsely attractive)
    [記]來自meretrix(妓女)
    meritorious adj. 值得贊賞的(deserving praise and esteem)
    [記]merit(優(yōu)點(diǎn)，長處)+orious(多…的)→長處很多→值得贊賞的
    mesmerize v. 對(duì)…催眠(to hypnotize);使入迷，迷住(to fascinate)
    metabolic adj. 新陳代謝的(of, relating to, or based on metabolism)
    [記]來自metabol(y)(新陳代謝)+ic→新陳代謝的
    [例]When trees go dormant in winter, the procedure is anything but sleepy: it is an active metabolic process that changes the plant radically.
    metamorphose v. 變形(to change into another form)
    [記]詞根記憶：meta(變化)+morph(形狀)+ose→變形