Judicious-Mutability Flashcards
judicious
(adj.) - of sound judgment
juvenile
(adj.) - young or immature
juxtapose
(v.) - to put next to each other
labyrinthine
(adj.) - intricate, maze-like
laceration
(n.) - a cut, a rip
lachrymose
(adj.) - tearful
latent
(adj.) - present but hidden
laud
(v.) - to applaud or praise
laudatory
(adj.) - admiring, praising
lavish
(adj.) - extravagant
lethargic
(adj.) - sluggish, weary, apathetic
lewd
(adj.) - vulgar, offensive, rude
libel
(n.) - a statement that gives an unjust or unfavorable representation of a person or thing
licentious
(adj.) - amoral, lawless, lewd
limber
(adj.) - bending or flexing readily, pliable
limpid
(adj.) - clear, easily understood
linchpin
(n.) - something that holds separate things together
lithe
(adj.) - graceful, flexible, supple
loquacious
(adj.) - talkative
lull
(n.) - a relatively calm interval, as in a storm
luminescence
(n.) - light from non-thermal sources
magnanimous
(adj.) - generous, noble
malaise
(n.) - vague feeling of discomfort
malevolent
(adj.) - having intent to harm others
malicious
(adj.) - malevolent, harmful
malign
(v.) - to slander, to smear, to libel, to defame, to speak evil of
malleable
(adj.) - easily shaped or formed
mandatory
(adj.) - required, not optional
manifest
(v.) - to show clearly
manifold
(adj.) - many
masticate
(v.) - to chew
matrimony
(n.) - marriage
maudlin
(adj.) - sentimental
maxim
(n.) - a common saying of advice or virtue
meager
(adj.) - lacking in quality stature
mediate
(v.) - to intervene, to arbitrate, to sort out
melodramatic
(adj.) - exaggeratedly emotional or sentimental; histrionic
mendacious
(adj.) - inclined to lie or mislead
mercurial
(adj.) - quick and changeable in temperament
meritorious
(adj.) - deserving of praise or merit
metamorphosis
(n.) - a change of form, shape, substance
mimic
(v.) - to imitate, to copy
misogyny
(n.) - hatred of women
modicum
(n.) - a small amount of something
mollify
(v.) - to soften in temper
monogamy
(n.) - having only one spouse at a time
mores
(n.) - moral attitudes
morose
(adj.) - gloomy or sullen
munificent
(adj.) - generous, benevolent
mutability
(n.) - capability of change