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Question 1

Lament

Answer 1

v. to feel sorrow for; to mourn

Susan lamented her missed chance at going to Europe with her high school class.

Question 2

Locomotion

Answer 2

n. movement

Physics involves the study of locomotion.

Question 3

Lucrative

Answer 3

adj. capable of making a lot of money; profitable

Writing books isn’t a particularly lucrative career, unless you’re J.K. Rowling.

Question 4

Latency

Answer 4

noun: latency; plural noun: latencies
1.the state of existing but not yet being developed or manifest; concealment.
“tension, and the latency of violence, make the greatest impressions”

2.the state of a disease not yet manifesting the usual symptoms.
“the latency of tumours in mice”

Question 5

Lustre

Answer 5

noun
1.a gentle sheen or soft glow.
“the lustre of the Milky Way”

2.a thin coating containing unoxidized metal which gives an iridescent glaze to ceramics.

Question 6

Lethargy

Answer 6

lethargy

noun: lethargy
a lack of energy and enthusiasm.
“there was an air of lethargy about him”

MEDICINE
a pathological state of sleepiness or deep unresponsiveness and inactivity.
“a history of weight loss, lethargy, and fluid retention”

Question 7

Liquidate

Answer 7

liquidate verb

to cause a business to close, so that its assets can be sold to pay its debts

liquidate verb (KILL)

to kill someone

Question 8

Lisp

Answer 8

noun: lisp; plural noun: lisps

a speech defect in which s is pronounced like th in thick and z is pronounced like th in this.
“he spoke with a slight lisp”