BARRON'S 28: lagoon-loquacious

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  1. lagoon
    a body of water cut off from a larger body by a reef
  2. laity
    members of a religious community who are not clergy
  3. lambaste
    censure severely or angrily
  4. lament
    a cry of sorrow and grief
  5. lampoon
    ridicule with satire
  6. lancet
    a surgical knife with a pointed double-edged blade
  7. languid
    lacking spirit or liveliness
  8. languish
    become feeble
  9. languor
    inactivity; showing an unusual lack of energy
  10. lank
    long and thin and often limp
  11. lap
    the upper side of the thighs of a seated person
  12. larceny
    the act of taking something from someone unlawfully
  13. larder
    a small storeroom for storing foods or wines
  14. largess
    liberality in bestowing gifts
  15. lascivious
    driven by lust
  16. lassitude
    a feeling of lack of interest or energy
  17. latent
    potentially existing but not presently evident or realized
  18. lateral
    situated at or extending to the side
  19. latitude
    an imaginary line around the Earth parallel to the equator
  20. laud
    praise, glorify, or honor
  21. lax
    without rigor or strictness
  22. leaven
    a substance used to produce fermentation in dough
  23. lechery
    unrestrained indulgence in sexual activity
  24. lectern
    desk or stand with a slanted top used to hold a text
  25. leery
    openly distrustful and unwilling to confide
  26. leeway
    a permissible difference
  27. legacy
    a gift of personal property by will
  28. legend
    a story about mythical or supernatural beings or events
  29. legerdemain
    an illusory feat
  30. leniency
    a disposition to yield to the wishes of someone
  31. leonine
    of or characteristic of or resembling a lion
  32. lethal
    of an instrument of certain death
  33. lethargic
    deficient in alertness or activity
  34. levee
    an embankment built to prevent a river from overflowing
  35. levitate
    cause to rise in the air and float
  36. levitate
    cause to rise in the air and float
  37. levity
    a manner lacking seriousness
  38. levy
    impose and collect
  39. lewd
    suggestive of or tending to moral looseness
  40. lexicographer
    a compiler or writer of a dictionary
  41. liability
    the state of being legally obliged and responsible
  42. liaison
    a means of communication between groups
  43. libel
    a false and malicious publication
  44. libertine
    unrestrained by convention or morality
  45. libidinous
    driven by lust
  46. libido
    (psychoanalysis) a Freudian term for sexual urge or desire
  47. libretto
    the words of an opera or musical play
  48. licentious
    lacking moral discipline
  49. lien
    the right to take and hold the property of a debtor
  50. ligneous
    consisting of or resembling wood
  51. lilliputian
    very small
  52. limber
    easily bent
  53. limbo
    in Catholicism, the place of unbaptized but innocent souls
  54. limn
    make a portrait of
  55. limpid
    clear and bright
  56. lineage
    the kinship relation between an individual and progenitors
  57. lineament
    the characteristic parts of a person's face
  58. linger
    remain present although waning or gradually dying
  59. linguistic
    consisting of or related to language
  60. lionize
    assign great social importance to
  61. liquidate
    eliminate a debt by paying it off
  62. list
    a database containing an ordered array of items
  63. listless
    lacking zest or vivacity
  64. litany
    a prayer consisting of a series of invocations by the priest with responses from the congregation
  65. lithe
    moving and bending with ease
  66. litigation
    a legal proceeding in a court
  67. litotes
    understatement for rhetorical effect
  68. livid
    furiously angry
  69. loath
    strongly opposed
  70. loathe
    dislike intensely; feel disgust toward
  71. lode
    a deposit of valuable ore
  72. lofty
    of imposing height; especially standing out above others
  73. log
    a segment of the trunk of a tree when stripped of branches
  74. loiter
    linger, remain, or wait around for no apparent reason
  75. loll
    be lazy or idle
  76. longevity
    the property of having lived for a considerable time
  77. loom
    a textile machine for weaving yarn into a textile
  78. lope
    run easily
  79. loquacious
    full of trivial conversation
Created on 八月 29, 2010 (updated 八月 29, 2010)

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