L Flashcards
cum laude
with honors
laudable
deserving praise
laudatory
expressing praise
ablution
act of washing yourself
antedilluvian
before the biblical flood; extremely old
lax
not severe or strong enough; undisciplined
lectern
reading desk
lexicographer
writer of dictionaries
lexicon
dictionary
eclectic
selecting ideas from various sources
predilection
preference, liking
levee
barrage; embanktment against river flooding
levitate
to rise in the air or cause to rise
levity
humor; lack of seriousness
lien
official order that allows someone to keep the property of a person who owes them money until it has been paid
ligature
something used to tie two things together
liberal
generous
liberality
generosity
libertine
a person who lives in a way that is not moral; a person who is unrestrained by covention or morality
livery
a uniform
acrolith
statue with stone head and limbs BUT wooden body
lithography
printing process that originally involved wiritng on flat stone
lithology
study of rocks and stones
megalith
very big stone
monolith
single block of stone (shaped into monument)
elocution
art of careful public speaking (clear pronounciation; good breathing…)
grandiloquent
pompous or inflated in language
illustrious
highly distinguished; famous because of excellence
lackluster
lacking brilliance or radiance
translucent
almost transparent, allowing light to pass
allude
to hint at
elude
escape from or avoid danger/enemy
