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5 Written Questions

1. ridicule; N: written attack ridiculing or satirizing a person, group, or institution
2. rise and float in the air ; CF. light
3. profitable; producing wealth
4. draw; outline; describe; CF. line ?
5. lustful

5 Matching Questions

1. labyrinth
2. lachrymose
3. listless
4. loiter
5. lode

1. a metal-bearing vein
2. b producing tears; tearful
3. c lacking in spirit or energy; languid
4. d maze
5. e hang about/around; stand idly about; linger

5 Multiple Choice Questions

1. suspicious; wary; cautious
   1. levy
   2. lechery
   3. leery
   4. leeway
2. compiler of a dictionary; CF. lexicography: work of compiling a dictionary
   1. lexicon
   2. lexicographer
   3. loathe
   4. levitate
3. understatement for emphasis; Ex. ``not bad""
   1. litotes
   2. limber
   3. lode
   4. lien
4. abundant; growing healthily and in large amounts; excessively ornate; rich and splendid; fertile; Ex. luxuriant forests/prose; CF. luxurious, luxuriate
   1. lank
   2. lien
   3. luxuriant
   4. lurid
5. moo; make the sound of a cow
   1. log
   2. low
   3. lewd
   4. lope

5 True/False Question

1. lancet → pantry; place where food is kept
   

   True        False

2. loll → lounge about
   

   True        False

3. lank → long and thin; Ex. Lank, gaunt, Abraham Lincoln
   

   True        False

4. libertine → like a lion
   

   True        False

5. lithe → flexible; supple; CF. limber
   

   True        False