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GRE Lesson 28
100 word chunks of Barron's data
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| lilliputian | extremely small; CF. Lilliput in Gulliver's Travels |
| limber | flexible; supple; pliable; V. |
| limbo | region near heaven or hell where certain souls are kept; prison (slang); Ex. Purgatory and Limbo |
| limn | draw; outline; describe; CF. line ? |
| limp | walk lamely; ADJ: lacking firmness; weak |
| limpid | crystal clear |
| lineage | descent; ancestry |
| lineaments | features especially of the face; distinctive shape or contour of the face; CF. line |
| linger | loiter or dawdle; be slow in leaving; delay going; continue or persist; be slow to disappear; Ex. The smell lingered for days. |
| linguistic | pertaining to language |
| lionize | treat (a person) as a celebrity |
| liquidate | settle accounts; pay off (a debt); clear up; eliminate; kill or abolish |
| list | tilt (as of a ship); lean over (to one side) |
| listless | lacking in spirit or energy; languid |
| litany | supplicatory prayer; prayer in which the priest calls out and the people replies in the same words |
| lithe | flexible; supple; CF. limber |
| litigation | lawsuit; N. litigant: one party in a lawsuit; V. litigate |
| litotes | understatement for emphasis; Ex. ``not bad( |
| litter | waste material thrown away (as bits of paper scattered untidily); V: cover untidily with scattered litter |
| livid | lead-colored; black and blue (as from a bruise); ashen; enraged; extremely angry |
| loath | reluctant; unwilling; disinclined; Ex. Romeo and Juliet were both loath for him to go. |
| loathe | detest; ADJ. loathsome: arousing loathing; offensive; Ex. loathsome smell |
| lode | metal-bearing vein(long deposit of an ore) |
| loft | room or space under the roof; attic |
| lofty | very high |
| log | record of a voyage or flight; record of day-to-day activities; section of a trunk; V. |
| loiter | hang about/around; stand idly about; linger |
| loll | lounge about |
| longevity | long life; long duration |
| lookout | act of keeping watch; high place commanding a wide view; person who keeps watch |
| loom | appear or take shape (usually in an enlarged, indistinct, or distorted form); Ex. The shadow of the gallows loomed threateningly. N: apparatus for making thread into cloth |
| lope | gallop slowly |
| lopsided | heavier or larger on one side than the other; Ex. lopsided way of walking |
| loquacious | talkative; N. loquacity |
| lot | object used in making a determination at random; fate; piece of land |
| lottery | contest in which winners are selected in a drawing of lots |
| lounge | stand, sit, or lie in a lazy, relaxed way |
| lout | clumsy person; ADJ. loutish; CF. from countrysides ? |
| low | moo; make the sound of a cow |
| lubricate | apply a lubricant to; N. lubricant: substance that reduces friction |
| lucid | easily understood; clear; intelligible; N. lucidity |
| lucrative | profitable; producing wealth |
| lucre | money; profit; Ex. filthy lucre |
| ludicrous | laughable; ridiculous; trifling |
| lugubrious | mournful; sorrowful |
| lull | moment of calm; period of reduced activity; Ex. a lull in the rain; V: cause to become less active; cause to sleep or rest; Ex. lull the opponents into a false sense of security; CF. lullaby |
| lumber | move heavily or clumsily; Ex. The bear lumbered through the woods; N: timber |
| lumen | unit of light energy (one candle's worth) |
| luminary | celebrity (in a specific field); dignitary; object that gives light (as a celestial body) |
| luminous | shining (esp. in the dark); issuing light; Ex. luminous paint/road signs |
| lunar | pertaining to the moon |
| lunatic | insane; Ex. lunatic asylum |
| lurid | wild; sensational; graphic; gruesome; horrible; Ex. lurid details of the murder |
| lurk | stealthily lie in waiting; slink; exist unperceived |
| luscious | pleasing to taste or smell; delicious |
| lush | (of a plant or grass) growing very well |
| lust | intense sexual desire; intense eagerness; V. |
| luster | shine; gloss (of a polished surface) |
| lustrous | shining; brilliant; Ex. lustrous hair |
| luxuriant | abundant; growing healthily and in large amounts; excessively ornate; rich and splendid; fertile; Ex. luxuriant forests/prose; CF. luxurious, luxuriate |
| luxuriate | take pleasure in great comfort |
| macabre | gruesome; grisly; ghastly; CF. of death |
| mace | ceremonial staff used as a symbol of authority; clublike medieval weapon |
| macerate | soften by soaking in liquid; waste away; Ex. macerate powdered wood to make paper |
| Machiavellian | crafty; double-dealing; of the political doctrine of Machiavelli, which holds that craft and deceit are justified in pursuing political power |
| machinations | evil schemes or plots; schemes or plots to achieve an evil end; V. machinate |
| maculated | spotted; stained; CF. immaculate |
| madrigal | pastoral song; song for several singers without instruments |
| maelstrom | violent whirlpool; violent or tublent situation; CF. stream |
| magisterial | authoritative; imperious; commanding; of a magistrate; Ex. magisterial study of Roman law; Ex. magisterial manner |
| magistrate | official with power to administer the law |
| magnanimity | generosity; ADJ. magnanimous: generous |
| magnate | person of prominence or influence; powerful or influential person (in business or industry); Ex. oil magnate |
| magniloquent | boastful; pompous |
| magnitude | greatness (in size or extent); extent |
| maim | mutilate; injure lastingly; disable; cripple; Ex. maimed for life |
| makeshift | temporary expedient or substitute (in the case of urgent need); Ex. makeshift shelter |
| maladroit | clumsy; not skillful; awkward; bungling |
| malady | illness |
| malaise | uneasiness; vague feeling of ill health (without any particular pain or appearance of disease) |
| malapropism | comic misuse of a word; CF. Mrs. Malaprop |
| malapropos | inappropriate; ADV. |
| malcontent | person dissatisfied with existing state of affairs; discontented person; ADJ: discontented |
| malediction | curse |
| malefactor | evildoer; criminal |
| maleficient | doing evil; N. maleficience |
| malevolent | wishing evil; exhibiting ill will; N. malevolence |
| malfeasance | wrongdoing; misconduct (by a public official) |
| malicious | hateful; spiteful; expressing malice; N. malice: desire to harm others; spite |
| malign | speak evil of; bad-mouth(criticize spitefully); defame; ADJ: harmful; Ex. malign influence |
| malignant | tending to cause death; highly injurious; aggressively malevolent; Ex. malignant tumor |
| malingerer | one who feigns illness to escape duty; V. malinger: feign illness to avoid work |
| malleable | (of a metal) capable of being shaped by pounding(beating); pliable; (of someone) impressionable(easily influenced); easily controlled; tractable |
| malodorous | foul-smelling |
| mammal | vertebrate animal whose female suckles its young |
| mammoth | gigantic; enormous |
| manacle | restrain; handcuff; N. |
| mandate | order; charge; authoritative command; power to govern another country; power to given to a government; region under administration; V: give a mandate to; place under a mandate; Ex. mandated territory |
| mandatory | obligatory; compulsory; of a mandate |
| maneuver(manoeuver) | strategic military or naval movement (done for training purposes); carefully planned process; stratagem; V: carry out a military maneuver; use maneuvers in gaining an end |
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