Help
Options
Didn't know it?
click below
click below
Knew it?
click below
click below
Don't Know
Remaining cards (0)
Know
retry
shuffle
restart
0:00
Embed Code - If you would like this activity on your web page, copy the script below and paste it into your web page.
Normal Size Small Size show me how
Normal Size Small Size show me how
Word List 28 - 31
Lagoon - Nascent
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| Lagoon | n. shallow body of water near a sea; lake |
| Laity | n. laypersons; person not connected with the clergy |
| Lambaste | v. beat; thrash verbally or physically |
| Lament | v. grieve; express sorrow |
| Lampoon | v. ridicule |
| Lancet | n. small surgical tool for making incisions |
| Languid | adj. weary; sluggish; listless |
| Languish | v. loose animation or strength |
| Languor | n. lassitude; depression |
| Lank | adj. long and thin |
| Lap | v. take in food or drink with one’s tongue; splash gently |
| Larceny | n. theft |
| Larder | n. pantry; place where food is kept |
| Largess | n. generous gift |
| Lascivious | adj. lustful |
| Lassitude | n. languor; weariness |
| Latent | adj. potential but undeveloped; dormant; hidden |
| Lateral | adj. coming from the side |
| Latitude | n. freedom from narrow limitations |
| Laud | v. praise |
| Lavish | adj. liberal; wasteful |
| Lax | adj. careless |
| Leaven | v. cause to rise or grow lighter; enliven |
| Lechery | n. gross lewdness; lustfulness |
| Lectern | n. reading desk |
| Leery | adj. suspicious; cautious |
| Leeway | n. room to move; margin |
| Legacy | n. a gift made by a will |
| Legend | n. explanatory list of symbols on a map |
| Legerdemain | n. sleight of hand |
| Leniency | n. mildness; permissiveness |
| Leonine | adj. like a lion |
| Lethal | adj. deadly |
| Lethargic | adj. drowsy; dull |
| Levee | n. earthen or stone embankment to prevent flooding |
| Levitate | v. float in the air (especially by magical means) |
| Levity | n. lack of seriousness or steadiness; frivolity |
| Levy | v. impose (a fine); collect (a payment) |
| Lewd | adj. lustful |
| Lexicographer | n. compiler of a dictionary |
| Lexicon | n. dictionary |
| Liability | n. drawback; debts |
| Liaison | n. contact that keeps parties in communication; go-between; secret love affair |
| Libel | n. defamatory statement; act of writing something that smear a person’s character |
| Libertine | n. debauched person (roué) |
| Libidinous | adj. lustful |
| Libido | n. emotional urges behind human activity |
| Libretto | n. text of an opera |
| Licentious | adj. amoral; lewd and lascivious; unrestrained |
| Lien | n. legal claim on a property |
| Ligneous | adj. like wood |
| Lilliputian | adj. extremely small |
| Limber | adj. flexible |
| Limbo | n. region near heaven or hell where souls are kept; prison (slang) |
| Limn | v. draw; outline; describe |
| Limpid | adj. clear |
| Lineage | n. descent; ancestry |
| Lineaments | n. features, especially of the face |
| Linger | v. loiter or dawdle; continue or persist |
| Linguistic | adj. pertaining to language |
| Lionize | v. treat as a celebrity |
| Liquidate | v. settle accounts; clear up |
| List | v. tilt; lean over |
| Listless | adj. lacking in spirit or energy |
| Litany | n. supplicatory prayer |
| Lithe | adj. flexible; supple |
| Litigation | n. lawsuit |
| Litotes | n. understatement for emphasis |
| Livid | adj. lead colored; black and blue; ashen; enraged |
| Loath | adj. reluctant; disinclined |
| Loathe | v. detest |
| Lode | n. metal bearing vein |
| Lofty | adj. very high |
| Log | n. record of a voyage or flight; record of day to day activities |
| Loiter | v. hang around; linger |
| Loll | v. lounge about |
| Longevity | n. long life |
| Loom | v. appear or take shape (usually in an enlarged or distorted form) |
| Lope | v. gallop slowly |
| Loquacious | adj. talkative |
| Lout | n. clumsy person |
| Low | v. moo |
| Lucid | adj. easily understood; clear; intelligible |
| Lucrative | adj. profitable |
| Lucre | n. money |
| Ludicrous | adj. laughable; trifling |
| Lugubrious | adj. mournful |
| Lull | n. moment of calm |
| Lumber | v. move heavily or clumsily |
| Lumen | n. unit of light energy (one candle’s worth) |
| Luminary | n. celebrity; dignitary |
| Luminous | adj. shining; issuing light |
| Lunar | adj. pertaining to the moon |
| Lunge | v. make a quick forward dive or reach; thrust |
| Lurid | adj. wild; sensational; graphic; gruesome |
| Lurk | v. stealthily lie in waiting; slink; exist unperceived |
| Luscious | adj. pleasing to taste or smell |
| Luster | n. shine; gloss |
| Lustrous | adj. shining |
| Luxuriant | adj. abundant; rich and splendid; fertile |
| Macabre | adj. gruesome; grisly |
| Mace | n. ceremonial staff; club like medieval weapon |
| Macerate | v. soften by soaking in liquid; waste away |
| Machiavellian | adj. crafty; double-dealing |
| Machinations | n. evil schemes or plots |
| Maculated | adj. spotted; stained |
| Madrigal | n. pastoral song |
| Maelstrom | n. whirlpool |
| Magisterial | adj. authoritative; imperious |
| Magnanimity | n. generosity |
| Magnate | n. person of prominence or influence |
| Magniloquent | adj. boastful, pompous |
| Magnitude | n. greatness; extent |
| Maim | v. mutilate; injure |
| Maladroit | adj. clumsy; bungling |
| Malady | n. illness |
| Malaise | n. uneasiness; vague feeling of ill health |
| Malapropism | n. comic misuse of a word |
| Malcontent | n. person dissatisfied with existing state of affairs |
| Malediction | n. curse |
| Malefactor | n. evildoer; criminal |
| Malevolent | adj. wishing evil |
| Malfeasance | n. wrongdoing |
| Malicious | adj. hateful; spiteful |
| Malign | v. speak evil of; badmouth; defame |
| Malignant | adj. injurious; tending to cause death; aggressively malevolent |
| Malingerer | n. one who feigns illness to escape duty |
| Malleable | adj. capable of being shaped by pounding; impressionable |
| Malodorous | adj. foul-smelling |
| Mammal | n. vertebrate animal whose female suckles its young |
| Mammoth | adj. gigantic; enormous |
| Manacle | v. restrain; handcuff |
| Mandate | n. order; charge |
| Mandatory | adj. obligatory |
| Mangy | adj. shabby; wretched |
| Maniacal | adj. raging mad; insane |
| Manifest | adj. evident; visible; obvious |
| Manifestation | n. outward demonstration; indication |
| Manifesto | n. declaration; statement of policy |
| Manifold | n. numerous; varied |
| Manipulate | v. operate with one’s hands; control or play upon (people, forces, etc.) artfully |
| Mannered | adj. affected; not natural |
| Manumit | v. emancipate; free from bondage |
| Marital | adj. pertaining to marriage |
| Maritime | adj. bordering on the sea; nautical |
| Marked | adj. noticeable; targeted for vengeance |
| Marred | adj. damaged; disfigured |
| Marshal | v. put in order |
| Marsupial | n. one of a family of mammals that nurse their offspring in their pouch |
| Martial | adj. warlike |
| Martinet | n. disciplinarian |
| Martyr | n. one who voluntarily suffers death for his or her religion or cause; great sufferer |
| Masochist | n. person who enjoys his own pain |
| Masticate | v. chew |
| Materialism | n. preoccupation with physical comfort and things |
| Maternal | adj. motherly |
| Matriarch | n. woman who rules a family or larger social group |
| Matriculate | v. enroll (in college or graduate school) |
| Matrix | n. point of origin; array of numbers or algebraic symbols; mold or die |
| Maudlin | adj. effusively sentimental |
| Maul | v. handle roughly |
| Mausoleum | n. monumental tomb |
| Mauve | adj. pale purple |
| Maverick | n. rebel; nonconformist |
| Mawkish | adj. mushy and gushy; icky sticky sentimental; maudlin |
| Maxim | n. proverb; a truth pithily stated |
| Mayhem | n. injury to body |
| Meager | adj. scanty; inadequate |
| Mealymouthed | adj. indirect in speech; hypocritical; evasive |
| Meander | v. wind or turn in its course |
| Meddlesome | adj. interfering |
| Mediate | v. settle a dispute through the services of an outsider |
| Mediocre | adj. ordinary; commonplace |
| Meditation | n. reflection; thought |
| Medium | n. element that is a creatures natural environment; nutrient setting in which microorganisms are cultivated |
| Medium | n. appropriate occupation or means of expression; channel of communication; compromise |
| Medley | n. mixture |
| Meek | adj. submissive; patient and long-suffering |
| Megalomania | n. mania for doing grandiose things |
| Melancholy | adj. gloomy; morose; blue |
| Melee | n. fight |
| Mellifluous | adj. sweetly or smoothly flowing; melodious |
| Memento | n. token; reminder |
| Memorialize | v. commemorate |
| Menagerie | n. collection of wild animals |
| Mendacious | adj. lying; habitually dishonest |
| Mendicant | n. beggar |
| Menial | adj. suitable for servant; lowly; mean |
| Mentor | n. counselor; teacher |
| Mercantile | adj. concerning trade |
| Mercenary | adj. motivated solely by money or gain |
| Mercurial | adj. capricious; changing; fickle |
| Meretricious | adj. flashy; tawdry |
| Merger | n. combination (of two business corporations) |
| Mesmerize | v. hypnotize |
| Metallurgical | adj. pertaining to the art of removing metals from ores |
| Metamorphosis | n. change of form |
| Metaphor | n. implied comparison |
| Metaphysical | adj. pertaining to speculative philosophy |
| Mete | v. measure; distribute |
| Meteoric | adj. swift; momentarily brilliant |
| Methodical | adj. systematic |
| Meticulous | adj. excessively careful; painstaking; scrupulous |
| Metropolis | n. large city |
| Mettle | n. courage; spirit |
| Miasma | n. swamp gas; heavy vaporous atmosphere, often emanating from decaying matter; pervasive corrupting influence |
| Microcosm | n. small world; world in miniature |
| Migrant | adj. changing its habitat; wandering |
| Migratory | adj. wandering |
| Milieu | n. environment; means of expression |
| Militant | adj. combative; bellicose |
| Militate | v. work against |
| Millennium | n. thousand year period; period of happiness and prosperity |
| Mimicry | n. imitation |
| Minatory | adj. menacing; threatening |
| Mincing | adj. affectedly dainty |
| Minion | n. a servile dependent |
| Miniscule | adj. extremely small |
| Minute | adj. extremely small |
| Minutiae | n. petty details |
| Mirage | n. unreal reflection; optical illusion |
| Mire | v. entangle; stick in swampy ground |
| Mirth | n. merriment; laughter |
| Misadventure | n. mischance; ill luck |
| Misanthrope | n. one who hates mankind |
| Misapprehension | n. error; misunderstanding |
| Miscellany | n. mixture of writings on various subjects |
| Mischance | n. ill luck |
| Misconstrue | v. interpret incorrectly; misjudge |
| Miscreant | n. wretch; villain |
| Misdemeanor | n. minor crime |
| Miserly | adj. stingy; mean |
| Misgivings | n. doubts |
| Mishap | n. accident |
| Misnomer | n. wrong name; incorrect designation |
| Misogamy | n. hatred of marriage |
| Misogynist | n. hater of women |
| Missile | n. object to be thrown or projected |
| Missive | n. letter |
| Mite | n. very small object or creature; small coin |
| Mitigate | v. appease; moderate |
| Mnemonic | adj. pertaining to memory |
| Mobile | adj. movable; not fixed |
| Mock | v. ridicule; imitate, often in derision |
| Mode | n. prevailing style; manner; way of doing something |
| Modicum | n. limited quantity |
| Modish | adj. fashionable |
| Modulate | v. tone down in intensity; regulate; change from one key to another |
| Mogul | n. powerful person |
| Molecule | n. smallest particle of a substance that has all the properties of the substance |
| Mollify | v. soothe |
| Mollycoddle | v. pamper; indulge excessive |
| Molt | v. shed or cast off hair or feathers |
| Molten | adj. melted |
| Momentous | adj. very important |
| Momentum | n. quantity of motion of a moving body; impetus |
| Monarchy | n. government under a single ruler |
| Monastic | adj. related to monks or monasteries; removed from worldly concerns |
| Monetary | adj. pertaining to money |
| Monochromatic | adj. having only one color |
| Monolithic | adj. solidly uniform; unyielding |
| Monotheism | n. belief in one god |
| Monotony | n. sameness leading to boredom |
| Monumental | adj. massive |
| Moodiness | n. fits of depression or gloom |
| Moratorium | n. legal delay of payment |
| Morbid | adj. given to unwholesome thought; moody; characteristic of disease |
| Mordant | adj. biting; sarcastic; stingy |
| Mores | n. conventions; moral standards; customs |
| Moribund | adj. dying |
| Morose | adj. ill humored; sullen; melancholy |
| Mortician | n. undertaker |
| Mortify | v. humiliate; punish the flesh |
| Mosaic | n. picture made of small, colorful inlaid tiles |
| Mote | n. small speck |
| Motif | n. theme |
| Motility | n. ability to move spontaneously |
| Motley | adj. multicolored; mixed |
| Mottled | adj. blotched in coloring; spotted |
| Mountebank | n. charlatan; boastful pretender |
| Muddle | v. confuse; mix up |
| Muggy | adj. warm and damp |
| Mulct | v. defraud a person of something |
| Multifarious | adj. varied; greatly diversified |
| Multiform | adj. having many forms |
| Multilingual | adj. having many languages |
| Multiplicity | n. state of being numerous |
| Mundane | adj. worldly as opposed to spiritual; everyday |
| Munificent | adj. very generous |
| Mural | n. wall painting |
| Murky | adj. dark and gloomy; thick with fog; vague |
| Muse | v. ponder |
| Musky | adj. have to odor of musk |
| Muster | v. gather; assemble |
| Musty | adj. stale; spoiled by age |
| Mutability | n. ability to change in form; fickleness |
| Muted | adj. silent; muffled; toned down |
| Mutilate | v. maim |
| Mutinous | adj. unruly; rebellious |
| Myopic | adj. nearsighted; lacking foresight |
| Myriad | n. very large number |
| Nadir | n. lowest point |
| Naiveté | n. quality of being unsophisticated; simplicity; artlessness; gullibility |
| Narcissist | n. conceited person |
| Narrative | adj. related to telling a story |
| Nascent | adj. incipient; coming into being |
Created by:
fiutobot
Popular GRE sets