Week 7 Vocab

Question 1

lacerate (v)

Answer 1

to tear rudely or raggedly

Question 2

lackadaisical (adj)

Answer 2

listless

Question 3

laureate (adj)

Answer 3

crowned with laurel, as a mark of distinction

Question 4

leonine (adj)

Answer 4

like a lion

Question 5

leviathan (n)

Answer 5

any large animal, as a whale

Question 6

licentious (adj)

Answer 6

wanton

Question 7

liquefacient (adj)

Answer 7

possessing a liquefying nature or power

Question 8

littoral (adj)

Answer 8

of or living on a share

Question 9

loquacious (adj)

Answer 9

talkative

Question 10

macadamize (v)

Answer 10

to cover or pave, as a path or roadway, with small broken stone

Question 11

magnanimous (adj)

Answer 11

generous in treating or judging others

Question 12

malediction (n)

Answer 12

the calling down of a curse or curses

Question 13

malleable (adj)

Answer 13

pliant

Question 14

mawkish (adj)

Answer 14

sickening or insipid

Question 15

mealy-mouthed (adj)

Answer 15

afraid to express facts or opinions plainly

Question 16

mellifluous (adj)

Answer 16

sweetly or smoothly flowing

Question 17

mendacious (adj)

Answer 17

untrue

Question 18

mercantile (adj)

Answer 18

conducted or acting on business principles; commercial

Question 19

mien (n)

Answer 19

the external appearance or manner of a person

Question 20

misnomer (n)

Answer 20

a name wrongly or mistakenly applied