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3000 SAT (fus-lay)
Word | Meaning |
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layman | a person who is not trained in or does not have a detailed knowledge of a particular subject; a man who is not a member or the clergy |
lassitude | listlessness; torpor, weariness |
lascivious | feeling, expressing, or causing sexual desire; exciting or expressing lust; obscene; lewd |
larceny | the crime of taking something that does not belong to you; theft |
landmark | any prominent feature of a landscape; an event; of critical importance |
kismet | fate |
kilter | good working condition; a sound of readiness |
karma | fate, destiny; good or bad vibritions from something or someone |
juggernaut | large, overpowering destructive force or object |
junket | a dessert, an excursion by officials to gather facts |
judicious | exhibiting sound judgement |
jilt | to reject (a lover) |
isthmus | a narrow strip of land, with water on both sides, which connects two larger bodies of land |
inviolate | not violated, injured, disturbed, or profaned; pure or intact |
inveigh | to vent anger verbally or write bitterly |
inveigle | to tempt or persuade by using deception or flattery |
intransigent | uncompromising; stubborn |
interstice | an intervening space, a crack or crevice |
intemperate | lacking restraint or self-contrrol; excessive, overindulgent |
insouciant | calm and carefree; lighthearted |
inscrutable | impossible to comprehend or interpret; mysterious |
ingot | a mass of metal casting, a bar |
infatuated | foolishly in love |
incumbent | presently holding a particular office or position; required or obligatory; necessary to do something |
impresario | a person who arranges public entertainment; any manager or producer |
imprimatur (im pruh MAH ter) | sanction or approval, support |
imposition | instance of inconvenience, unwelcome burden |
impetuous | without much thorght; sudden and impulsive; rash |
immaterial | not likely to make a difference; irrelevant |
ideogram | a written symbol representing an idea rather than a word "&" |
horde | an enormous number of persons gathering together; crowd |
homeopathy | a system of natural healing |
hippodrome | any structure or arena for equestrian and other spectacles |
hoarfrost | a covering of minute ice needles on the ground |
highbrow | a person of superior intellectual interest and taste |
hibachi | a small Japanese style charcoal brazier, outdoor grill |
herald | a person who conveys or announces official news; messenger; a person or thing that signals the beginning or approach of something |
halyard | a tackle or rope used on a ship to hoist and lower |
harry | to attak or annoy repeatedly or constantly; harass |
harried | beset by problems or harassed |
harlequein | a buffoon, in comedy, wearing masked face and variegated tights |
hale | health good health, vigorous |
guild | a group of people united with a common goal |
guise | outward appearance, semblance; false appearance |
gird | to encircle as with a belt; to prepare as for action |
gamesome | merry, frolicsome |
gambit | a risk taken for some advantage |
galvanize | to subject to or stimulate by an electric current; to stimulate into awareness or activity; to cause to suddenly take action |
furor | maniacal act; violence; unrestraimed anger |
fusillade | a rapid outburst or barrage |