SAT Adjectives: J-N
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liz_waters on May 27, 2009
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For test on Monday, October 26
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In Pursuit of Vocabularic Excellence, HB English 10 - Liz
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Terms | Definitions |
|---|---|
 jocular | joking, characterized by jokes and good humor |
| jovial | merry; full of or showing high-spirited merriment |
| judicious | prudent, wise; showing good sense or judgment |
| lachrymose | showing sorrow; given to shedding tears |
| lackadaisical | listless; lacking spirit or liveliness |
| languid | lacking spirit or liveliness; relaxed |
| lascivious | driven by lust; lusty; lecherous |
| licentious | wanton; lacking moral discipline; lewd |
| lithe | supple, flexible; gracefully slender |
| loquacious | talkative |
| lugubrious | excessively mournful; expressing sorrow, often ridiculously |
| lustrous | shining |
| malleable | pliant; easily bent or formed; capable of being shaped or bent or drawn out |
| maudlin | foolishly and tearfully affectionate; effusively or insincerely emotional |
| mawkish | effusively or insincerely emotional; sickening or insipid |
| mellifluous | sweetly or smoothly flowing; pleasing to the ear |
| mendacious | false, lying, untrue |
| meticulous | excessively careful; overcautious |
| mordant | biting; harshly ironic or sinister |
| moribund | on the point of death; about to die |
| multifarious | having great diversity or variety; having many aspects |
| mundane | ordinary; commonplace; belonging to this earth or world |
| munificent | very generous |
| nefarious | extremely wicked, evil |
| nebulous | hazy, indistinct; lacking definition or definite content |
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