L Flashcards
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Lambaste
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To criticise severely or harshly To scold Castigate Censure Reprimand Lecture Chastise Upbraid Reprove Admonish Harangue Berate Rebuke Chide Revile Excoriate Objurgate Reprehend
2
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Lithe
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Bending easily and gracefully
3
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Languid
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Lacking energy Weak Showing little interest in anything Apathetic Sluggish Lethargic Torpid Fatigued Enervated
4
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Latent
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Laying hidden or undeveloped
Potential
5
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Logistics
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Management of details of an operation
6
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Lackadaisical
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Lack of interest, enthusiasm
Carelessly lazy
Sluggish
Enervated
7
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Lampoon
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Criticise publicly by using ridicule, sarcasm, irony
Light, good humoured satire
Satirise
Burlesque
8
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Lucid
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Clearly understood
Expressed clearly
Perspicuous
9
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Loathed
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Disliked greatly
10
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Largess
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Extreme generosity and giving
11
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Laudable
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Worthy of high praise
12
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Lionise
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Assign great social importance
Give a lot of public attention and approval to
Treat as a celebrity
13
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Lassitude
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State or physical or mental weariness
Ack of energy Enervated Languor Torpor Sloth
14
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Litigious
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Inclined to initiate lawsuits
Argumentative
Quarrelsome
15
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Languish
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Lose or lack vitality
Grow weak
Deteriorate
Decline
