| Question |
Answer |
| Neophyte |
novice; beginner |
| Neologism |
new word or expression |
| Nascent |
starting to develop; coming into existence |
| Naive |
lacking sophistication or experience |
| Nadir |
lowest point |
| Myopic |
lacking foresight; having a narrow view or long-range perspective |
| Inquest |
an investigation; an inquiry |
| Insipid |
lacking interest or flavor |
| Insurreciton |
rebellion |
| Inter |
to bury |
| Interregnum |
period between reigns |
| Intractable |
not easily managed or manipulated |
| Intransigent |
uncompromising; refusing to be reconciled |
| Intrepid |
fearless; resolutely courageous |
| Proliferate |
to increase in number quickly |
| Officious |
too helpful; meddlesome |
| Inchoate |
not fully formed; disorganized |
| Inculcate |
to teach; impress in the mind |
| Indolent |
habitually lazy or idle |
| Inexorable |
inflexible; unyeilding |
| Ingenuous |
showing innocence or childlike simplicity |
| Ingrate |
ungrateful person |
| Ingratiate |
to gain favor with another by deliberate effort; to seek to please somebody so as to gain an advantage |
| Inimical |
hostile; unfriendly |
| Iniquity |
sin; evil act |
| Innocuous |
harmless |
| Invective |
abusive language |
| Investiture |
ceremony conferring authority |
| Invidious |
envious, obnoxious, or offensive; likely to promote ill-will |
| Irascible |
easily made angry |
| Itinerant |
wandering from place to place; unsettled |
| Jargon |
nonsensical talk; specialized language |
| Jettison |
to discard; to get rid of as unnecessary or encumbering |
| Jingoism |
belligerent support of one's country |
| Jocular |
playful; humorous |
| Judicious |
sensible; showing good judgement |
| Legerdemain |
trickery |
| Leery |
suspicious |
| Inundate |
to overwhelm; to cover with water |
| Inure |
to harden; accustom; become used to |
| Juncture |
point of time, especially where two things are joined |
| Keen |
having a sharp edge; intellectually sharp' perceptive |
| Kindle |
to set fire to or ignite; excite or inspire |
| Kinetic |
relating to motion; characterized by movement |
| Knell |
sound of a funeral bell; omen of death or failure |
| Kudos |
fame, glory, or honor |
| Lachrymose |
tearful |
| Laconic |
using few words |
| Lament |
to express sorrow; to grieve |
| Lampoon |
to ridicule with satire |
| Languid |
lacking energy; indifferent; slow |
| Lapidary |
relating to precious stones or the art of cutting them |
| Larceny |
theft of property |
| Monastic |
extremely plain or secluded, as in a monastery |
| Monotony |
no variation; tediously the same |
| Multifarious |
diverse |
| Mores |
fixed customs or manners; moral attitudes |
| Mirth |
frivolity; gaiety; laughter |
| Militate |
to operate against; work against |
| Meticulous |
extremely careful; fastidious; painstaking |
| Metaphor |
figure of speech comparing two different things |
| Meretricious |
gaudy; falsely attractive |
| Mercurial |
quick, shrewd, and unpredictable |
| Mendicant |
beggar |
| Mendacious |
dishonest |
| Maudlin |
overly sentimental |
| Martinet |
strict disciplinarian; one who rigidly follows rules |
| Mar |
to damage or deface; spoil |
| Mannered |
artificial or stlted in character |
| Malleable |
capable of being shaped |
| Malinger |
to evade responsibility by pretending to be ill |
| Malediction |
a curse; a wish of evil upon another |
| Magnate |
powerful or influential person |
| Maelstrom |
whirlpool; turmoil; agitated state of mind |
| Machination |
plot or scheme |
| Luminous |
bright; brilliant; glowing |
| Lumber |
to move slowly and awkwardly |
| Lugubrious |
sorrowful; mournful; dismal |
| Lucid |
clear and easily understood |
| Loquacious |
talkative |
| Livid |
discoloree from a bruise; pale; reddened with anger |
| Listless |
lacking energy and enthusiasm |
| Lissome |
easily flesed; limber; agile |
| Lionize |
to treat as a celebrity |
| Limpid |
clear; transparent |
| Licentious |
immoral; unrestrained by society |
| Libertine |
a free thinker, usually used disparagingly; one without moral restraint |
| Liberal |
tolerant or broad-minded; generous or lavish |
| Levity |
an inappropriate lack of seriousness; overly casual |
| Lethargic |
acting in an indifferent or slow, sluggish manner |
| Molt |
to shed hair, skin, or an outer layer periodically |
| Mollify |
to calm or make less severe |
| Mitigate |
to soften; to lessen |
| Missive |
a written note or letter |
| Misanthrope |
a person who dislikes others |
| Lavish |
extremely generous or extravagant; giving unsparingly |
| Largess |
generous giving (as of money) to others who may seem inferior |
| Lassitude |
a state of diminshed energy |
| Laud |
to give praise; to glorify |
| Latent |
potential that is not readily apparent |
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