GRE FLASHCARDS (L)
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- labile
- likely to change; unstable
- laceration
- torn, ragged wound
- lachrymose
- producing tears
- lackadaisical
- lacking purpose and zest; halfhearted; languid
- laconic
- * brief and to the point
- laggard
- slow; sluggish
- laity
- laypersons; persons not connected with the clergy
- lambaste
- beat; thrash verbally or physically
- lampoon
- ridicule
- lancet
- small surgical tool for making incisions
- languid
- weary; sluggish; listless
- languish
- lose animation or strength
- languor
- lassitude; depression
- lank
- long and thin
- lap
- take in food or drink with one's tongue; splash gently
- larder
- pantry; place where food is kept
- largess
- generous gift
- lascivious
- lustful
- lassitude
- * languor; weariness
- latent
- * potential but undeveloped; dormant; hidden
- latitude
- freedom from narrow limitations
- laud
- praise
- lavish
- liberal; wasteful
- lax
- careless
- leaven
- cause to rise or grow lighter; enliven
- lechery
- gross lewdness; lustfulness
- lectern
- reading desk
- leery
- suspicious; cautious
- legacy
- gift made by a will
- legerdemain
- sleight of hand
- leonine
- like a lion
- lethargic
- * drowsy; dull
- levee
- * earthen or stone embankment to prevent flooding
- levity
- * lack of seriousness or steadiness; frivolity
- levy
- impose (a fine); collect (a payment)
- lewd
- lustful
- lexicographer
- compiler of a dictionary
- liability
- drawback; debts
- liaison
- contact that keeps parties in communication; go-between; secret love affair
- libel
- defamatory statement; act of writing something that smears a person's character
- libertine
- debauched person, roué
- libido
- emotional urges behind human activity
- libretto
- text of an opera
- licentious
- amoral; lewd and lascivious
- lien
- legal claim on a property
- ligneous
- like wood
- lilliputian
- extremely small
- limbo
- region near heaven or hell where certain souls are kept; prison (slang)
- limn
- draw; outline; describe
- limpid
- clear
- lineaments
- features, especially of the face
- linger
- loiter or dawdle; continue or persist
- lionize
- treat as a celebrity
- liquidate
- settle accounts; clear up
- list
- tilt; lean over
- listless
- lacking in spirit or energy
- litany
- supplicatory prayer
- lithe
- flexible; supple
- litigation
- lawsuit
- litotes
- understatement for emphasis
- livid
- lead-coloured; black and blue; ashen; enraged
- loath
- reluctant; disinclined
- lode
- metal-bearing vein
- log
- * record of a voyage or flight; record of day-to-day activities
- loll
- lounge about
- loom
- appear or take shape (usually in an enlarged or distorted form)
- lope
- gallop slowly
- loquacious
- talkative
- lout
- clumsy person
- low
- moo
- lucid
- * easily understood; clear; intelligible
- lucre
- money
- lugubrious
- mournful
- lull
- moment of calm
- lumber
- move heavily or clumsily
- lumen
- unit of light energy (one candle's worth)
- luminary
- celebrity; dignitary
- luminous
- * shining; issuing light
- lurid
- wild; sensational; graphic; gruesome
- lurk
- stealthily lie in waiting; slink; exist unperceived
- luscious
- pleasing to taste or smell
- luxuriant
- abundant; rich and splendid; fertile