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lagoon--loquacious
Question | Answer |
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laity | lay persons;persons not onnected with the clergy(religious persons) |
lambaste | beat;thrash verbally or physically |
lament | grieve;express sorrow |
lmpoon | ridicule |
lancet | small surgical tool for making incisions |
languid | sluggish'weary;listless |
languish | lose animation or strength |
languor | lassitude;depression |
lank | long & thin |
larceny | theft |
larder | pantry or place where food is kept |
largess | generous gift |
lascivious | lustful |
latent | potential but undeveloped;dormant |
latitude | freedom from narrow limitations |
lavish | liberal;wasteful |
lax | careless |
leaven | cause to rise or grow lighter;enliven |
lechery | gross lewdness;lustfulness |
lectern | reading desk |
leery | suspicious;cautious |
leeway | room to move;margin |
legacy | a gift made by will |
legend | explanatory list of symbols on a map |
legerdemain | magic & adroitness |
leonine | like a lion |
levee | earthen or stone wmbankment to prevent flooding |
levitate | float in air(esp by magical means) |
levity | lack of seriousness or steadiness;frivolity |
lexicographer | compiler of dictionary |
lexicon | dictionary |
liaison | contact that keeps parties in communication;go-between;secret love affair |
libel | defamatory statement;act of writing something tat smears the person's character |
libertine | One who acts without moral restraint |
libidinous | lustful |
libido | emotional urges behind human activity |
libretto | text of an opera |
licentious | amoral;lewd and lascivious;unrestrained |
lien | legal claim on property |
ligneous | like wood |
limber | flexible |
limbo | region near heaven or hell where certain souls r kept;a prison |
limn | draw;outline;describe |
limpid | clear |
lineaments | features,esp of the face |
lionize | treat as celebrity |
liquidate | settle the accounts;clear up |
list | tilt;lean over |
listless | lacking in spirit or energy |
litany | A prayer consisting of a series of invocations by the priest with responses from the congregation |