| 5000 Vocabulary List for Visiting Scholars in the USA - Page 347 | |||
| Word | Type | Used in a Sentence | Synonym |
| miserable | adj. | Her illness made her feel miserable. | wretched |
| misery | noun | Misery loves company. | grief |
| misfortune | noun | He had great misfortune. | bad luck |
| Miss | noun | I want you to meet Miss Jones. | maiden lady |
| miss | noun | He missed the point of the story. | failed to understand |
| verb | If you're late you'll miss your boat. | fail to catch | |
| verb | I miss my children. | yearn for | |
| verb | He fired his gun but missed. | did not hit | |
| verb | He missed a week of work. | skipped | |
| missile | noun | A missile was thrown at us. | object |
| missing | adj. | We all looked for the missing boy. | lost |
| mission | noun | Your mission is to sell our goods. | task |
| noun | Christians started Chinese missions. | Churches | |