Vocab L Flashcards
Lachrymose
Tearful
Marcella always became LACHRYMOSE when it was time to bid her daughter good-bye.
Synonyms:
TEARY. WEEPING.
Lampoon
To ridicule with satire
The mayor hated being LAMPOONED by the press for his efforts to improve people’s politeness.
Synonyms:
TEASE.
Lapidary
Relating to precious stones or the art of cutting them.
Most LAPIDARY work today is done with the use of motorized equipment.
Synonyms:
EXACT. PRECISE.
Largess
Generous giving (as of money) to others who may seem inferior
She’d always relied on her parent’s LARGESS, but after graduation she had to get a job.
Synonyms:
BENEVOLENCE. BOON. COMPLIMENT. FAVOR. PRESENT.
Lassitude
A state of diminished energy
The lack of energy that characterizes patients with anemia makes LASSITUDE one of the primary symptoms of the disease.
Synonyms:
DEBILITATION. ENERVATION. FATIGUE. LANGUOR. LISTLESSNESS. TIREDNESS. WEARINESS.
Leery
Suspicious
After being swindled once, Rush became LEERY of strangers trying to sell things to her.
Synonyms:
DISTRUSTFUL. GUARDED. WARY.
Legerdemain
Trickery
The little boy thought his LEGERDEMAIN was working on his mother, but she in fact knew about every hidden toy and stolen cookie.
Synonyms:
CHICANERY. CONJURING.
Levity
An inappropriate lack of seriousness; overly casual
The joke added needed LEVITY to the otherwise serious meeting.
Synonyms:
AMUSEMENT. HUMOR.
Licentious
Immoral; unrestrained by society
Religious citizens were outraged by the LICENTIOUS exploits of the free-spirited artists living in town.
Synonyms:
LEWD. WANTON.
Lionize
To treat as a celebrity
After the success of his novel, the author was LIONIZED by the press.
Synonyms:
FEAST. HONOR. PLY. REGALE.
Lissome
Easily flexed; limber; agile
The LISSOME yoga instructor twisted herself into shapes that her students could only dream of.
Synonyms:
GRACEFUL. LITHE. SUPPLE.
Livid
Discolored from a bruise; pale; reddened with anger
Andre was LIVID when he discovered that someone had spilled grape juice all over his cashmere coat.
Synonyms:
ASHEN. BLACK-AND-BLUE. FURIOUS. PALLID.
Lugubrious
Sorrowful; mournful; dismal
Irish wakes are a rousing departure from the LUGUBRIOUS funeral services to which most people are accustomed.
Synonyms:
FUNEREAL. GLOOMY. MELANCHOLY. SOMBER. WOEFUL.
Lumber
To move slowly and awkwardly
The bear LUMBERED towards the garbage, drooling at the prospect of the Big Mac leftovers he smelled.
Synonyms:
GALUMPH. HULK. LURCH. STUMBLE.
