J, K, L, M & N Flashcards
jargon
dialect
vernacular
joined
conjoined
joke
farce
joking around
playful banter
judged
deemed
judgement
reckoning
jump in
intervene
just as good as
yields the same in terms of
just begun
nascent
incipient
just for this purpose
ad hoc
just in case you
lest you
just like
in the style of
justification
grounds
justify
warrant
keen
acute
incisive
keep
retain
keep it friendly
remain in good graces
key
fundamental
kindly
benevolent
knowledgeable about
learned in
lack of
dearth of
scarcity of
lacking
bereft of
deficient of
lacking respect
irreverent
lacking self-control
intemperate
lacking self-confidence
diffident
large amount of
wealth of
large area
wide swath
expanse
large size
considerable
lasting
abiding
enduring
lasting a long time
protracted
prolonged
late
belated
laughter
hilarity
law
jurisprudence
law (a law)
an injunction
an ordinance
a statute
laziness
indolence
lazy
indolent
lead up
prelude
lead
spearhead
leave
depart from
lecture (a self-righteous lecture)
diatribe
leeway
latitude
leftover from
residue
remnant of
legal action
adjudication
legitmacy
credence
lengthy
interminable
less offensive
more palatable
less reckless
a more measured approach
let
enable
let go of
relinquish
lewd
prurient
lie (a lie)
a contrivance
a fabrication
lie (to lie)
to be less than forthcoming
to fabricate
to be disingenuous
life is meaningless
nihilism
lighthearted
blithe
like all
as with all
like (similar)
recalls a certain
akin to
likely to be
disposed to
prone to
inclined to
liable to
limit
curtail
constrain
limited
narrow
measured
limited in apppeal
esoteric
limiting factor
determinant
limitless
unbounded
line between
demarcation
list (to list)
enumerate
reel off
catalog
literal meaning of a word
denotation
lexical meaning
little known
undistinguished
lively
vibrant
local
indigenous
local language
vernacular
look up
detain
long
protracted
lenghty
long lasting
enduring
look for (ask for)
inquire about
look for (search for)
pursue
look like
resemble
recall
look on her face
visage
expression
look over
scrutinize
looked young
she preserved the appearance of youth
looking back
in retrospect
looking elsewhere
shifting attention to
lose momentum
falter
loss of memory
defect of memory
loud
clamorous
raucous
love for humanity
agape
low profile (keep a low profile)
be inconspicuous
lucky find
a chance find
fortuitous
lukewarm
tepid
lustful
salacious
luxuries
creature comforts
luxurious
opulent
luxury
indulgence
opulence
luxury-loving
hedonistic
self-indulgent
machine
contrivance
made aware of
attuned to
made it go away
dispelled
made up
a contrivance
made up for
atoned for
made up stories
fabrications
mafia boss
padrone
main
foremost
principal
main character
protagonist
main part
brunt of
mianly
predominantly
principally
major change
tectonic shift
majority
preponderance of
make
render
make amends for
atone for
make friends
ingratiate
make him
compel him
make impossible
preclude
make inferior
adulterate
make it worse
exacerbate
make less severe
mitigate
make necessary
necessitate
make possible
render possible
make sacre
consecrate
make the most of
leverage
make us think of
evoke
make your way through
navigate
negotiate
making fun of
jesting banter at
man of few words
laconic
managed
syndicated to
manner
demeanor
bearing
manners
decorum
many
host of
considerable
many different kinds of
all manner of
mark off
demarcate
matchless
inimitable
meaningful
appreciable
substantive
means well
is well intentioned
mean-spirited
caustic
meat-eating
carnivorous
mediate
conciliate
intercede
mediator
intermediary
melting pot
ethnic stew
mentally disturbed
pathological
mention
alude to
mercy
clemency
mere beginnings of
rudiments of
merge
coalesce
merging
confluent
mesmerized
enthralled
transfixed
messenger
intermediary
emissary
metaphor
trope
method
vehicle
mode
means
meticulous
exacting
fastidious
mild
temperate
minimal
nominal
misbehavior
impropriety
mischievous
impish
misinterpret
misconstrue
mistakes
lapses in
mixed feelings
ambivalent
mocking
derisive
moderate (to moderate)
mitigate
moderation
temperance
modest
unassuming
self-effacing
momentary
fleeting
money spent
expenditures
mood (collective mood)
ambiance
moody
capricious
moral defect
blemish
failing
moral weakness
human fraility
moralistic
didactic
moralizing
edifying
sanctimonious
more carefully
with greater care
more important
takes precedence
more serious
carries more weight than
more specific
narrower notion of
more than
more so than
most important
chief
most noted
mostly
in large part
primarily
principally
motivation
incentive
motivator
catalyst for
moved
darted
sauntered in
moving (emotion)
affecting
much more
vastly more
multiply
proliferate
multi-talented
versatile
muscles
musculature
mutual
concerted
mysterious
enigmatic
inscrutable
mystery
enigma
paradox
named incorrectly
is something of a misnomer
narrow-minded
parochial
provincial
dogmatic
nasty
brutish
native to
indigenous
near future
foreseeable future
necessary
indispensable
requisite
integral to
of necessity
needed
indispensable
needless repetition
a tautology
negative effect
impinge on
nerve
audacity
effrontery
impertinence
nervous
flurried
nervousness
consternation
never
seldom
never changing
abiding
invariant
invariable
never ending
interminable
incessant
unremitting
next one over
adjacent
next to the last
penultimate
nice way of saying something
euphemism
putting it charitably
nightmare
trial by ordeal
nitpick
to cavil at
nixed
derailed
no good
leave much to be desired
no idea that
no notion why
no inkling
no more than
at most
no need to worry
no cause for concern
no cause for alarm
no use
to no avail
no way
by no means
no willpower
intemperate
noble
loft
noisy
deafening
none of this matters
this is inconsequential
non-interference
laissez-faire
nonreligious
secular
normality
normalcy
norm (the norm)
prescribed form
nosy
inquisitive
not affected by
impervious to
not appropriate
inopportune
unbecoming
not as good as
less admirable
not ashamed
unabashed
not at all
by no means
not decided
remains to be seen
not doable
infeasible
not edible
inedible
unpalatable
not equipped to
ill-equipped to
not fair
inequitable
not good (of a person)
wayward
unredeeming
not good at
inept
not well suited for
not good for
ill suited for
not good quality
of little merit
leaves much to be desired
not in line
out of step
not including
apart from
notwithstanding
not like
atypical of other
not literally
figuratively
metaphorically speaking
not many
scant
not needed
unwarranted
redundant
superfluous
not noticeable
unobtrusive
not often
seldom
not original
derivative
not paying attention
inattentive
not perfect
fallible
not practical
academic
not real
illusory
not really meaning it
tongue-in-cheek
not relevant
inapplicable
not saying
cagey
not showing emotion
stoic
impassive
not specific
generic
not thought out
arbitrary
not understandable
inexplicable
not well
indisposed
not what happened
that’s not an accurate reflection of
not willing
disinclined to
not working
idle
ineffectual
nothingness
vacancy
noticeable
pronounced
now
at present
now and then
periodically
