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| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| libertine | immoral person |
| licentious | lawless or immoral |
| liege | lord; master |
| lieu | (in lieu of) in place of; instead of |
| Lilliputian | very small |
| limber | easily bent |
| limpid | transparent |
| lineage | ancestry |
| lineaments | facial features |
| linguist | skilled in languages |
| lionize | to treat as important |
| liquidate | to get rid of |
| lissome | moving gracefully |
| listless | indifferent |
| literal | word for word |
| lithe | graceful |
| litigation | lawsuit |
| livid | discolored from anger or embarrassment |
| loath | unwilling |
| loathe | to hate or feel disgust for |
| locus | place |
| logistics | the supply, movement, and maintenance of equipment |
| loiter | to hang around |
| loll | to lounge about or to droop |
| loquacious | very talkative |
| lot | fate |
| lout | an awkward, stupid person |
| lowly | humble or ordinary |
| lucent | shining |
| lucid | easy to understand |
| lucrative | profitable |
| ludicrous | ridiculous |
| lugubrious | mournful |
| luminous | bright |
| lupine | fierce |
| lurch | sudden, forward movement |
| lurid | shocking |
| lurk | to like concealed or to stay hidden |
| lush | abundant |
| macabre | gruesome |
| machination | evil design |
| macroscopic | visible to the naked eye |
| maelstrom | whirlpool |
| magnanimous | generous |
| magnate | important person |
| maim | to cripple |
| maladroit | clumsy or unskillful |
| malady | disease |
| malaise | uneasiness |
| malapropism | word humorously misused |
| malediction | curse |
| malefactor | villain |
| malevolent | harmful |
| malfeasance | wrongdoing |
| malicious | spiteful |
| malign | to speak badly about |
| malignant | evil |
| malingerer | one who pretends to be ill to avoid work |
| malleable | adaptable |
| manacle | handcuff |
| mandarin | influential person |
| mandate | an order |
| manifest | obvious |
| manifold | many |
| manipulate | to handle with skill; to influence a person |
| manumit | to set free |
| maraud | to raid |
| maritime | pertaining to the ocean |
| marquee | a canopy over an entrance |
| marred | damaged; ruined |
| martinet | a strict disciplinarian |
| masochist | one who enjoys his own pain |
| masticate | to chew |
| matriarchy | a society in which the mother is the head of the family |
| matrix | a place of origin |
| maudlin | very sentimental |
| maul | to injure |
| mausoleum | large tomb |
| maverick | a nonconformist |
| mawkish | overly sentimental |
| maxim | a proverb or saying |
| meager | inadequate; of poor quality |
| mean | nasty or offensive; inferior or low; an average |
| meander | to wander aimlessly |
| mediate | to settle a dispute |
| meditate | to think deeply |
| medley | a mixture |