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Question 1

cum laude

Answer 1

with honors

Question 2

laudable

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deserving praise

Question 3

laudatory

Answer 3

expressing praise

Question 4

ablution

Answer 4

act of washing yourself

Question 5

antedilluvian

Answer 5

before the biblical flood; extremely old

Question 6

lax

Answer 6

not severe or strong enough; undisciplined

Question 7

lectern

Answer 7

reading desk

Question 8

lexicographer

Answer 8

writer of dictionaries

Question 9

lexicon

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dictionary

Question 10

eclectic

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selecting ideas from various sources

Question 11

predilection

Answer 11

preference, liking

Question 12

levee

Answer 12

barrage; embanktment against river flooding

Question 13

levitate

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to rise in the air or cause to rise

Question 14

levity

Answer 14

humor; lack of seriousness

Question 15

lien

Answer 15

official order that allows someone to keep the property of a person who owes them money until it has been paid

Question 16

ligature

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something used to tie two things together

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liberal

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generous

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liberality

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generosity

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libertine

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a person who lives in a way that is not moral; a person who is unrestrained by covention or morality

Question 20

livery

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a uniform

Question 21

acrolith

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statue with stone head and limbs BUT wooden body

Question 22

lithography

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printing process that originally involved wiritng on flat stone

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lithology

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study of rocks and stones

Question 24

megalith

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very big stone

Question 25

monolith

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single block of stone (shaped into monument)

Question 26

elocution

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art of careful public speaking (clear pronounciation; good breathing…)

Question 27

grandiloquent

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pompous or inflated in language

Question 28

illustrious

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highly distinguished; famous because of excellence

Question 29

lackluster

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lacking brilliance or radiance

Question 30

translucent

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almost transparent, allowing light to pass

Question 31

allude

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to hint at

Question 32

elude

Answer 32

escape from or avoid danger/enemy