GRE Power Vocab - L

Question 1

Labile

Answer 1

adj. readily open to change, unstable

Question 2

Lachrymose

Answer 2

adj. causing tears, tearful, showing sorrow

Question 3

Laconic

Answer 3

adj. using few words; terse

Antonym - garrulous and loquacious

Question 4

Lassitude

Answer 4

n. listlessness, languor, weariness

Question 5

Laud

Answer 5

v. to praise highly

Question 6

Lavish

Answer 6

adj. extravagant

as a verb, to lavish is to bestow something in great quantities, or to cover liberally

Question 7

Lethargic

Answer 7

Adj. characterized by lethargy or sluggishness

the noun form of lethargic is lethargy

Question 8

Libertine

Answer 8

n. someone unrestrained by morality or convention or leading a dissolute life

Libertine can also be an adjective, as in his libertine disregard for the moral conventions of the day

Question 9

Limn

Answer 9

v. to draw, outline in detail

Question 10

Limpid

Answer 10

adj. transparent, serene, clear and simple in style, untroubled

Question 11

Lionize

Answer 11

v. to treat something as an object of great interest or importance; to treat a person as a celebtrity

Question 12

List

Answer 12

v. to tilt or lean to one side

Question 13

Loquacious

Answer 13

adj. extremely talkative

Question 14

Lucid

Answer 14

adj. intelligible, sound, clear

Question 15

Lumber

Answer 15

v. to move heavily and clumsily or with a rumbling sound

Question 16

Luminous

Answer 16

adj. characterized by brightness and the emission of light, enlightened, clear

Many words having to do with light have the same root, such as illuminate and even luster. Just remember Lumiere, the candle from the animated Beauty and the Beast (word association)