SAT word list 28: lament-low
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- languid
- adj. weary; sluggish; listless
- languish
- v. lose animation; lose strength
- languor
- n. lassitude; depression
- 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
- latent
- adj. potential but undeveloped; dormant; hidden
- lateral
- adj. coming from the side
- latitude
- n. freedom from narrow limitations
- lax
- adj. careless
- leaven
- v. cause to rise or grow lighter; enliven
- lecherous
- adj. lustful; impure in thought and deed
- leery
- adj. suspicious; cautious
- legacy
- n. a gift made by a will
- legend
- n. explanatory list of symbols on a map
- legerdemain
- n. sleight of hand
- leniency
- n. mildness; permissiveness
- lethal
- adj. deadly
- levitate
- v. float in the air (especially by magical means)
- levy
- v. impose (a fine); collect (a payment)
- lewd
- adj. lustful
- lexicographer
- n. compiler of a dictionary
- lexicon
- n. dictionary
- liability
- n. drawback; debts
- liaison
- n. contact keeping parts of an organization in communication; go-between; secret love affair
- libel
- n. defamatory statement; act of writing something that smears a person's character
- liberator
- n. one who sets free
- libretto
- n. text of an opera
- licentious
- adj. amoral; lewd and lascivious; unrestrained
- lilliputian
- adj., n. extremely small
- limber
- adj. flexible
- limerick
- n. humorous short verse
- limpid
- adj. clear; transparent; lucid
- linchpin
- n. something that holds or links various parts together
- lineage
- n. descent; ancestry
- linguistic
- adj. pertaining to language
- liniment
- n. ointment; lotion; salve
- lionize
- v. treat as a celebrity
- liquidate
- v. settle accounts; clear up
- list
- v. tilt; lean over
- litany
- n. supplicatory prayer
- litigation
- n. lawsuit
- livid
- adj. lead-colored; black and blue; enraged
- loath
- adj. reluctant; disinclined
- loathe
- v. detest
- log
- n. record of a voyage or flight; record of day to day activities
- loiter
- v. hang around; linger
- loll
- v. lounge about
- longevity
- n. long life
- loom
- v. appear or take shape (usually in an enlarged or distorted form)
- lope
- v. gallop slowly
- loquacious
- adj. talkative
- lout
- n. clumsy person
- low
- v. moo