Vocab L

Question 1

Lachrymose

Answer 1

adj. tearful; sad

Question 2

Laconic

Answer 2

adj. expressing much in a few seconds

Question 3

Lament

Answer 3

v. to express grief; to mourn

Question 4

Lampoon

Answer 4

v. to mock in a satire

Question 5

Languid

Answer 5

adj. lacking in energy or spirit

Question 6

Lapidary

Answer 6

adj. relating to polished stones; characterized by exactness and extreme polish

Question 7

Largess

Answer 7

n. generous gifting-giving

Question 8

Lassitude

Answer 8

n. lack of energy; weariness

Question 9

Latent

Answer 9

adj. existing but not visible or obvious

Question 10

Laud

Answer 10

v. to praise, glorify or honor

Question 11

Lavish

Answer 11

adj. very generous or extravagant

Question 12

Legerdemain

Answer 12

n. trickery; slight of hand

Question 13

Levity

Answer 13

n. inappropriate lack of seriousness

Question 14

Lexicography

Answer 14

n. the act of writing dictionaries

Question 15

Liberate

Answer 15

v. free; unrestrained

Question 16

Libertine

Answer 16

adj. unrestrained by morals

Question 17

Licentious

Answer 17

adj. unrestrained by moral

Question 18

Limpid

Answer 18

adj. clear; calm

Question 19

Lissome

Answer 19

adj. flexible

Question 20

Listless

Answer 20

adj. lacking energy or spirit

Question 21

Loquacious

Answer 21

adj. extremely talkative

Question 22

Lucid

Answer 22

adj. clear, easy to understand

Question 23

Lugubrious

Answer 23

adj. excessively mournful; sad and gloomy

Question 24

Luminous

Answer 24

adj. radiating light; enlightening; easily understood