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Academic VocabularyX
| Term | Definition |
|---|---|
| Irascible (adj) | Irritable; touchy; choleric |
| Itinerant (adj) | Traveling from place place to place |
| Jocular (adj) | Playful; witty |
| Jubilation (n) | Great joy; exultation |
| Juxtapose (vt) | Place side by side |
| Laconic (adj) | Terse; concise; pitchy |
| Lampoon (vt) | Ridicule; satirize harshly |
| Lascivious (adj) | Lewd; lustful; wanton |
| Latent (adj) | Potential; dormant; hidden |
| Lethargy (n) | Sluggishness; stupor; lassitude |
| Levity (n) | Frivolity; gaiety; buoyancy |
| Libidinous (adj) | Lustful; licentious; lewd |
| Limpid (adj) | Clear; transparent |
| Lithe (adj) | Flexible; pliant; limber |
| Loquacious (adj) | Talkative; garulous |
| Lugubrious (adj) | Doleful; mournful; dismal |
| Machiavellian (adj) | Cunning; deceitful; cruel |
| Malaise (n) | Vague sense of debility or illness |
| Malediction (n) | Curse; denunciation |
| Malevolent (adj) | Malicious; vicious; spiteful |