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word list:28
lagoon--loquacious
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| laity | lay persons;persons not onnected with the clergy(religious persons) |
| lambaste | beat;thrash verbally or physically |
| lament | grieve;express sorrow |
| lmpoon | ridicule |
| lancet | small surgical tool for making incisions |
| languid | sluggish'weary;listless |
| languish | lose animation or strength |
| languor | lassitude;depression |
| lank | long & thin |
| larceny | theft |
| larder | pantry or place where food is kept |
| largess | generous gift |
| lascivious | lustful |
| latent | potential but undeveloped;dormant |
| latitude | freedom from narrow limitations |
| lavish | liberal;wasteful |
| lax | careless |
| leaven | cause to rise or grow lighter;enliven |
| lechery | gross lewdness;lustfulness |
| lectern | reading desk |
| leery | suspicious;cautious |
| leeway | room to move;margin |
| legacy | a gift made by will |
| legend | explanatory list of symbols on a map |
| legerdemain | magic & adroitness |
| leonine | like a lion |
| levee | earthen or stone wmbankment to prevent flooding |
| levitate | float in air(esp by magical means) |
| levity | lack of seriousness or steadiness;frivolity |
| lexicographer | compiler of dictionary |
| lexicon | dictionary |
| liaison | contact that keeps parties in communication;go-between;secret love affair |
| libel | defamatory statement;act of writing something tat smears the person's character |
| libertine | One who acts without moral restraint |
| libidinous | lustful |
| libido | emotional urges behind human activity |
| libretto | text of an opera |
| licentious | amoral;lewd and lascivious;unrestrained |
| lien | legal claim on property |
| ligneous | like wood |
| limber | flexible |
| limbo | region near heaven or hell where certain souls r kept;a prison |
| limn | draw;outline;describe |
| limpid | clear |
| lineaments | features,esp of the face |
| lionize | treat as celebrity |
| liquidate | settle the accounts;clear up |
| list | tilt;lean over |
| listless | lacking in spirit or energy |
| litany | A prayer consisting of a series of invocations by the priest with responses from the congregation |