Words K-M for SAT
Terms
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- Kindle
- To start a fire
- Kinetic
- In motion
- Laconic
- quiet; of few words; terse
- Lament
- Express sorrow; complain
- Languish
- lose energy or motivation; become weak or depressed
- Latent
- existing but inactive, such as a certain quality; dormant or still; invisible
- Laud
- praise; worship; extol
- legacy
- something inherited, either from an ancestor or from the past life
- Lethargic
- tired; sluggish; drowsy
- Levity
- Lightness; playfulness jocularity
- Lionize
- to put someone onto a pedestal; to treat with great respect
- Listless
- tired; sluggish; lacking drive
- Loath
- reluctant; unwilling
- Loathe
- to hate
- Lofty
- at a great height; elevated noble
- Loquacious
- talkative
- Lucid
- easy to understand
- Ludicrous
- absurd, ridiculous
- Lugubrious
- mournful
- Magnanimous
- big hearted; generous
- Magnate
- a person of great power
- Malediction
- evil speech; curse
- Malefactor
- person who tries to hurt others; criminal
- Malice
- a desire to cause harm
- Malign
- to say evil or harmful things about someone; defame; vilify
- Malleable
- able to be shaped by force; pliable; impresionable
- Marred
- spoiled, scratched, blemished
- Meager
- small in size or amount; thin; weak
- Meander
- wander in a carefree manner; follow a winding course; ramble
- Mellifluous
- smooth; sweet flowing
- Mendacity
- a lie; a false statement
- Meticulous
- extremely careful about details
- Minute
- very small in size
- Misconstrue
- misunderstand; interpret incorrectly
- Mitigate
- make less severe; mollify
- Mollify
- lessen anger; soothe; placate
- Monologue
- a long, uninterrupted speech by one person
- Morose
- depressed
- Mundane
- ordinary; earthly (not spiritual); practical; temporary
- Myriad
- Large number; many