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- n mace
- ceremonial staff used as a symbol of authority; clublike medieval weapon
- loquacious
- talkative; N. loquacity
- n lugubrious
- mournful; sorrowful
- s rou\'e
- lecherous man
- n lap
- take in food or drink with one's tongue; splash gently; Ex. waves lapping the shore; N: front area from the waist to the knees of a seated person
- n lank
- long and thin; Ex. Lank, gaunt, Abraham Lincoln
- languid
- lacking energy or vitality; weary; sluggish; listless
- lofty
- very high
- n larder
- pantry; place where food is kept
- judicious
- sound on judgment; wise
- languor
- lack of physical or mental energy; lassitude; depression
- s straggle
- stray or fall behind (a main group); spread out in a scattered group; Ex. straggling marathon racer; Ex. straggling branch
- n luxuriant
- abundant; growing healthily and in large amounts; excessively ornate; rich and splendid; fertile; Ex. luxuriant forests/prose; CF. luxurious, luxuriate
- loiter
- hang about/around; stand idly about; linger
- n litany
- supplicatory prayer; prayer in which the priest calls out and the people replies in the same words
- n jostle
- shove; bump; push against (someone) rather roughly; Ex. jostled by the crowds
- n juxtapose
- place side by side; CF. next
- n jocund
- merry
- n machinations
- evil schemes or plots; schemes or plots to achieve an evil end; V. machinate
- s feature
- distinctive part of the faces (as the eyes or mouth); features: overall appearance of the face; prominent or distinctive quality; prominent article; film; V: make prominent
- lament
- grieve; express sorrow; N. lamentation
- kinetic
- producing motion; of motion
- n leaven
- add leaven to; cause to rise or grow lighter; enliven; N: agent, such as yeast, that causes dough to rise (by fermentation); element that lightens or enlivens
- licentious
- amoral; lewd and lascivious; unrestrained
- n laceration
- torn ragged wound; V. lacerate: tear (the skin as with broken glass); wound
- n luminary
- celebrity (in a specific field); dignitary; object that gives light (as a celestial body)
- n larceny
- theft; Ex. petit larceny
- s lance
- pierce with a lance; cut into; N: spearlike weapon
- s understate
- state with less truth than seems warranted by the facts; Ex. He understated the seriousness of the crime; N. understatement; OP. overstate
- n knell
- tolling of a bell especially to indicate a funeral, disaster, etc.; sound of the funeral bell; V.
- n lagoon
- shallow body of water or lake near a sea; lake separated from a sea by sandbars or coral reefs
- s crochet
- make (a piece of needlework) by looping thread with a hooked needle; N. CF. crotchet
- n leeway
- room to move; margin; latitude; Ex. leeway for the deadline
- loathe
- detest; ADJ. loathsome: arousing loathing; offensive; Ex. loathsome smell
- s toll
- sound (a large bell) slowly at regular intervals; N: sound of a bell; fixed tax or charge
- n lumen
- unit of light energy (one candle's worth)
- n maculated
- spotted; stained; CF. immaculate
- s lionize
- treat (a person) as a celebrity
- n limpid
- crystal clear
- s jurisdiction
- right and power to apply the law; authority
- lateral
- of or coming from the side
- n knotty
- intricate; difficult; tangled; CF. knot
- log
- record of a voyage or flight; record of day-to-day activities; section of a trunk; V.
- n lampoon
- ridicule; N: written attack ridiculing or satirizing a person, group, or institution
- s list
- tilt (as of a ship); lean over (to one side)
- n lithe
- flexible; supple; CF. limber
- n livid
- lead-colored; black and blue (as from a bruise); ashen; enraged; extremely angry
- n laity
- laypersons; laymen; persons not connected with the clergy
- n libertine
- debauched person; dissolute or licentious person; rou\'e; CF. free
- n ligneous
- like wood
- languish
- lose animation or strength
- n lexicographer
- compiler of a dictionary; CF. lexicography: work of compiling a dictionary
- n legerdemain
- sleight(dexterity) of hand; CF. light of hand
- n litotes
- understatement for emphasis; Ex. ``not bad(=pretty good)''
- n lassitude
- languor; weariness; listlessness
- n knit
- contract into wrinkles; grow together; join together closely; make (a fabric or garment) by interwining yarn or thread; Ex. knit the brow; Ex. The bones should knit together in a few weeks.
- n lustrous
- shining; brilliant; Ex. lustrous hair
- s gallows
- framework from which a noose is suspended (used for execution by hanging)
- s margin
- border; room; allowance beyond what is needed; Ex. margin of safety
- n junket
- trip especially one taken for pleasure by an official at public expense
- s rag
- scrap of cloth; ADJ. ragged: old and torn; seeming unfinished and imperfect; Ex. ragged debut/performance
- lucid
- easily understood; clear; intelligible; N. lucidity
- n libido
- psychic and emotional energy or urges behind human activity; sexual desire
- n libretto
- text of an opera or oratorio; CF. book
- s dignitary
- person of high rank or position
- n labile
- likely to change; unstable; Ex. emotionally labile; N. lability
- n loll
- lounge about
- n lilliputian
- extremely small; CF. Lilliput in Gulliver's Travels
- n knoll
- little round hill; hillock
- n loath
- reluctant; unwilling; disinclined; Ex. Romeo and Juliet were both loath for him to go.
- n 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
- n laconic
- brief and to the point; using few words; terse
- s loft
- room or space under the roof; attic
- n lachrymose
- producing tears; tearful
- s marginal
- of a margin; barely within a limit; Ex. marginal effect/writing ability
- leonine
- like a lion
- s license
- official or legal permission; latitude of action or speech; excessive freedom that causes harm or damage; V.
- n ken
- range of knowledge; Ex. beyond one's ken
- lascivious
- lustful
- s lag
- move or develop more slowly; straggle; Ex. lag behind the rest; N.
- n low
- moo; make the sound of a cow
- n macerate
- soften by soaking in liquid; waste away; Ex. macerate powdered wood to make paper
- n lode
- metal-bearing vein(long deposit of an ore)
- n lectern
- reading desk or stand for a public speaker
- n largess
- generous gift (given to people who do not have enough)
- n kismet
- fate; destiny; Ex. Kismet is the Arabic word for fate.
- n lucre
- money; profit; Ex. filthy lucre
- n latitude
- freedom from narrow limitations
- n lexicon
- dictionary
- s lounge
- stand, sit, or lie in a lazy, relaxed way
- n lineaments
- features especially of the face; distinctive shape or contour of the face; CF. line
- longevity
- long life; long duration
- n knave
- untrustworthy person; rogue; scoundrel; jack; N. knavery
- s lust
- intense sexual desire; intense eagerness; V.
- n lout
- clumsy person; ADJ. loutish; CF. from countrysides ?
- s willowy
- flexible; pliant; slender; CF. willow
- s cremate
- incinerate (a corpse); N. crematory, crematorium
- s noose
- loop formed in a rope
- s juridical
- of the law and its administration; CF. judicial: of courts of law; CF. judiciary
- n lancet
- small surgical tool for making incisions
- n limn
- draw; outline; describe; CF. line ?
- lechery
- gross lewdness; lustfulness; ADJ. lecherous; N. lecher: lecherous man
- n laggard
- slow; sluggish; N: one who lags; straggler
- n 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
- n junta
- group of persons joined in political intrigue; cabal; group of military officers ruling a country after seizing power (by force)
- n leery
- (of someone) suspicious; wary; cautious
- n jurisprudence
- science of law
- legacy
- gift made by a will; something handed down from an ancestor
- s enliven
- make lively or spirited; animate
- n Machiavellian
- crafty; double-dealing; of the political doctrine of Machiavelli, which holds that craft and deceit are justified in pursuing political power
- n lope
- gallop slowly
- latent
- present but not yet noticeable or active; dormant; hidden; N. latency; CF. potential