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- jabber
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v.chatter rapidly or unintelligibly
why does the fellow insist on jabbering away in french when no one around understands him - jaded
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adj.fatigued; surfeited
jaded apetite - jargon
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n.language used by a special group; technical terminology; gibbersh
technical jargon - jaundiced
- adj.prejudiced (envious, hostile, or resentful); yellowed
- jaunt
- n.trip; short journey
- jaunty
- adj.lighthearted; animated; easy and carefree
- jepardize
- v.
- jettison
- v.
- jibe
- v.agree; be in harmony with
- jingoist
- n.extremely aggressive an dmilitant patriot; warlike cauvinist
- jocose
- adj.given to joking
- jocular
- adj.said or done in jest
- jocund
- adj.merry
- jollity
- n.gaiety;cheerfulness
- jostle
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v.shove;bump
in the subway, he was jostled by the crowd - jovial
- adj.good-natured;merry
- jubilation
- n.rejoicing
- judicious
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adj.sound in judgment;wise
he made a judicious investment - juggernaut
- n.
- juncture
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n.crisis; joining point
at this critical juncture, let us think carefully before determining the course we shall follow - junket
- n.trip,especially one taken for pleasure by an official at public expense
- junta
- n.group of persons joined in political intrigue; cabal
- jurisprudence
- n.science of law
- justification
- n.
- juxtapose
- v.place side by side
- kernel
- n.central or vital part
- killjoy
- n.grouch; spoilsport
- kindle
- v.start a fire; inspire
- kaleidoscpe
- n.
- ken
- n.
- kindred
- adj.related;similar in nature or character
- kinetic
- adj
- kismet
- n.fate
- kleptomaniac
- n.person who has a compulsive desire to steal
- knave
- n.untrustworthy person; rogue; scoundrel
- knead
- v.mix; work dough
- knell
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n.tolling of a bell, especially to indicate a funeral, disaster,etc;
All the morning the funeral knell has been tolling - knit
- v.contract into wrinkles; grow together
- knoll
- n.little, round hill
- knotty
- adj.intricate;difficult;tangled
- kudos
- n.honor;glory;praise
- laborious
- adj.demanding much work or care; tedious
- labyrinth
- n.maze.
- laceration
- n.
- lachrymose
- adj.producing tears
- lackadaisical
- adj.lacking purpose or zest; halfhearted; languid
- lackluster
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adj.dull
we are disappointed by the lackluster performance - laconic
- adj.brief and to the point
- laggard
- adj.slow; sluggish
- lagoon
- n.
- laity
- n.laypersons; personsn not connected with the clergy
- lambaste
- v.beat;thrash verbally or physically
- lament
- v.grieve;express sorrow
- lampoon
- v.ridicule
- lancet
- n.small surgical tool for making incision
- languid
- adj.weary; sluggish; listless
- languish
- v.lose animation or strength
- languor
- n.lassitude; depression
- lank
- adj.long and thin
- lap
- v.take in food or drink with one's tongue; splash gently
- larceny
- n.theft
- larder
- n.pantry; place where food is kept
- largess
- n.generous gift
- lascivious
- adj.lustful
- lassitude
- n.languor;weariness
- latent
- adj.
- lateral
- adj.
- latitude
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n.freedom from narrow limitations.
I think you have permitted your son too much latitude in this situation - laud
- v.praise
- lavish
- adj.liberal; wasteful
- lax
- adj.careless
- leaven
- v.cause to rise or grow lighter; enliven
- lechery
- n.gross lewdness; lustfulness
- lectern
- n.reading desk.
- leery
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adj.suspicious; cautious
i'm leery about how fresh teh sushi is - leeway
- n.room to move
- legacy
- n.a gift made by a will
- legend
- n. explantory list of symbols on a map