Lesson Eleven
Terms
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- knell
- a sound made by a bell rung slowly for a death or funeral
- laconic
- using few words, short, concise, pithy, tactiturn ant. verbose, loquacious
- legerdemain
- sleight of hand, deception
- kinetic
- pertaining to motion
- kismet
- destiny, fate, fortune (one's lot in life)
- jocular
- humorous, lighthearted, joking, witty, amusing ant. solemn, morose
- imprecation
- a curse
- lachrymose
- tearful, weepy
- libertine
- one who leads an immoral life
- lambent
- softly bright or radiant, running or moving lightly over a surface
- languid
- sluggish drooping from weakness, listless, feeble, drooping, ant. robust, vigorous
- labyrinth
- a complicated network of winding passages, a maze
- lascivious
- lustful or lewd, inciting sexual desire, wanton, obscene ant. wholesome, decent
- juxtapose
- to place side by side for comparison
- impotent
- powerless, lacking strength, ineffective, helpless ant. potent, powerful