Word List 29 Flashcards
Lucid
Easily understood; clear
Lucrative
Profitable
Ludicrous
Ridiculous; laughable
Lugubrious
Mournful
Lull
Soothe
Lumber
Move heavily or clumsily
Luminary
Celebrity
Luminous
Shining; issuing light
Lummox
Big; clumsy
Lunge
Quickly dive forward
Lurid
Wild; sensational; graphic
Lurk
Stealthily lie in waiting; slink
Luscious
Pleasing to taste or smell
Luster
Shine; gloss
Lustrous
Shining
Luxuriant
Abundant
Machinations
Evil schemes or plots
Madrigal
Pastoral song
Magnanimous
Generous; great-hearted
Magnate
Person of prominence or influence
Magnitude
Greatness; extent
Maladroit
Clumsy; bungling
Malaise
Uneasiness
Malapropism
Comic misuse of a word
Malcontent
Person dissatisfied with existing state of affaires
Malediction
Curse
Malefactor
Evildoer; criminal
Malicious
Hateful; spiteful
Malign
Speak evil of
Malignant
Injurious
Malingerer
One who feigns illness to escape duty
Malleable
Capable of being shaped by pounding
Malodorous
Foul-smelling
Mammoth
Gigantic; enormous
Mandate
Order; change
Maniacal
Raging mad
Manifest
Evident; visible
Manifesto
Declaration; statement of policy
Mannered
Affected; not natural
Maritime
Bordering on the sea
Marked
Noticeable or pronounced
Marred
Damaged; disfigured
Marshal
Put in order
Martial
Warlike
Martinet
Strict disciplinarian
Martyr
One who voluntarily suffers death for his religion or cause
Masochist
Person who enjoys his own pain
Maternal
Motherly
Matriculate
Enroll
Maudlin
Effusively sentimental