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65 terms
Terms | Definitions |
|---|---|
 lien | legal claim on property |
| ligneous | like wood |
| limber | flexible |
| limbo | region near heaven or hell where certain souls are kept |
| limn | draw outline describe |
| lionize | treat as a celebrity |
| list | tilt lean over |
| listless | lackingin spirit or energy |
| litany | supplicatory prayer |
| lithe | flexible,supple |
| litotes | understatement for emphasis |
| livid | light colored,black and blue,ashen,enraged |
| loath(diff, frm loathe) | reluctant,disinclkined |
| lode | metal bearing vein |
| loll | lounge about |
| lope | gallop slowly |
| lout | clumsy person |
| low | moo |
| lucre | money |
| ludicrous | laughable |
| luminary | celebrity,dignitary |
| lunge | make a quick forward dive or reach,thrust |
| lurid | wild sensational,graphic,gruesome |
| luscious | pleasing to taste or smell |
| macabre | gruesome,grisly |
| mace | ceremonial staff,clublike medieval weapon |
| macerate | soften by soaking in liquid,waste away |
| machiavellian | crafty,double dealing |
| machinations | evil schemes or plots |
| maculated | spotted,stained |
| madrigal | pastoral song |
| maelstrom | whirpool |
| maim | mutilate,injure |
| maladroit | clumsy,bungling |
| malady | illness |
| malaise | uneasiness,vague feeling of ill health |
| malapropism | comic misuse of a word |
| malcontent | person dissatisfied with existing state of affairs |
| malfeasance | wrong doing |
| manacle | restrain,handcuff |
| mangy | shabby,wretched |
| mannered | effected and not natural |
| manumit | emancipate,free from bondage |
| martial/marshal | warlike/put in order |
| maul | handle roughly |
| mauve | pale purple |
| maverick | rebel,non conformist |
| mawkish | mushy and gushy,icky-sticky sentimental |
| mayhem | injury to body |
| mealymouthed | indirect in speech,hypocritical,evasive |
| meddlesome | interfering |
| melee | fight |
| memorialize | commemorate |
| menagerie | collection of wild animals |
| mendacious | lying,habitually dishonest |
| mendicant | beggar |
| menial | suitable to servants,lowdy,mean |
| mercenary | motivated solely by money or gain |
| mercurial | capricious,changing,fickle |
| meretricious | flashy,tawdry |
| metaphysical | pertaining to speculative philosophy |
| mete | measure,distribute |
| meteoric | swift,momentarily brilliant |
| meticulous | excessively careful |
| miasma | swamp gas,heavy vaporous atmosphere |
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