Sat Vocab 28-29

Front 1

lambent

Back 1

flickering

Front 2

lament

Back 2

to mourn

Front 3

laminated

Back 3

made of thin plates or scales

Front 4

lampoon

Back 4

to ridicule

Front 5

languid

Back 5

lacking vigor or vitality

Front 6

languish

Back 6

to lose vigor or vitality

Front 7

languor

Back 7

apathy

Front 8

lank

Back 8

long and thin

Front 9

lapidary

Back 9

a person who cuts, polishes and engraves precious stones

Front 10

larceny

Back 10

theft

Front 11

largess

Back 11

a generous gift

Front 12

lascivious

Back 12

lecherous, lewd

Front 13

lassitude

Back 13

lethargy, tiredness

Front 14

latitude

Back 14

freedom of opinion, conduct or action

Front 15

laud

Back 15

to praise

Front 16

laudable

Back 16

praiseworthy, commendable

Front 17

laudatory

Back 17

expressing praise

Front 18

lave

Back 18

to wash

Front 19

lavish

Back 19

prodigal, wasteful

Front 20

lax

Back 20

careless

Front 21

leaven

Back 21

to make (dough) rise by means of a substance

Front 22

lecherous

Back 22

lustful

Front 23

lechery

Back 23

excessive indulgence of sexual desires

Front 24

lectern

Back 24

reading desk

Front 25

leeway

Back 25

room for freedom of action

Front 26

legerdemain

Back 26

sleight of hand

Front 27

leniency

Back 27

mildness, clemency

Front 28

leonine

Back 28

of or like a lion

Front 29

lesion

Back 29

injury

Front 30

levity

Back 30

improper or unbecoming gaiety

Front 31

levy

Back 31

1) to impose (a tax)
2) to collect (payment)

Front 32

lexicographer

Back 32

a person who writes or compiles a dictionary

Front 33

lexicon

Back 33

dictionary

Front 34

liability

Back 34

1) drawback
2) debts

Front 35

liaison

Back 35

connecting officer between two armies

Front 36

libation

Back 36

a drink

Front 37

libelous

Back 37

defamatory, slanderous

Front 38

libertine

Back 38

an unrestrained, sexually immoral person

Front 39

libidinous

Back 39

lustful

Front 40

libretto

Back 40

text of an opera

Front 41

licentious

Back 41

wanton, lewd

Front 42

limb

Back 42

a large branch of a tree

Front 43

limber

Back 43

flexible, supple

Front 44

limbo

Back 44

a place of confinement, neglect or oblivion

Front 45

limpid

Back 45

perfectly clear

Front 46

lineage

Back 46

ancestry

Front 47

lineaments

Back 47

facial features

Front 48

lionize

Back 48

to treat as a celebrity

Front 49

liquidate

Back 49

to pay or settle (a debt)

Front 50

lissom

Back 50

limber, agile

Front 51

list

Back 51

to careen

Front 52

listless

Back 52

spiritless, languid

Front 53

litany

Back 53

a supplicatory prayer

Front 54

litotes

Back 54

understatement

Front 55

livid

Back 55

grayish-blue, angry

Front 56

loafer

Back 56

a lazy person

Front 57

loath

Back 57

unwilling

Front 58

loathe

Back 58

to abhor, to detest

Front 59

lode

Back 59

metal-bearing vein

Front 60

lofty

Back 60

1) very high
2) noble, sublime
3) arrogant

Front 61

loll

Back 61

to lounge about idly

Front 62

lope

Back 62

to gallop slowly

Front 63

loquacious

Back 63

very talkative

Front 64

lout

Back 64

a clumsy, stupid fellow

Front 65

lubricity

Back 65

trickiness, shiftiness

Front 66

lucent

Back 66

shining

Front 67

lucid

Back 67

1) transparent
2) clear to the mind

Front 68

lugubrious

Back 68

mournful

Front 69

lull

Back 69

a short period of lessened activity

Front 70

lumber

Back 70

to move heavily, clumsily

Front 71

luminary

Back 71

celebrity, dignitary

Front 72

lupine

Back 72

wolflike, fierce

Front 73

lurid

Back 73

startling

Front 74

luscious

Back 74

pleasing to the taste or smell

Front 75

luster

Back 75

gloss, sheen

Front 76

lustrous

Back 76

shining

Front 77

luxuriant

Back 77

1) fertile
2) ornate
3) abundant

Front 78

macabre

Back 78

grim and horrible

Front 79

macerate

Back 79

to soak in order to soften and break down

Front 80

Machiavellian

Back 80

crafty, deceitful

Front 81

madrigal

Back 81

pastoral song

Front 82

maelstrom

Back 82

whirlpool

Front 83

magnanimous

Back 83

high-souled, benevolent, altruistic

Front 84

magniloquent

Back 84

boastful

Front 85

maladroit

Back 85

clumsy

Front 86

malaise

Back 86

physical discomfort

Front 87

malapropism

Back 87

misuse of words

Front 88

malcontent

Back 88

a discontented person

Front 89

malediction

Back 89

a curse

Front 90

malefactor

Back 90

evildoer

Front 91

malevolent

Back 91

malicious, vindictive

Front 92

malign

Back 92

to defame, to slander

Front 93

malingerer

Back 93

one who pretends to be incapacitated

Front 94

mall

Back 94

a public promenade

Front 95

malodorous

Back 95

foul-smelling

Front 96

manacle

Back 96

to handcuff

Front 97

mandate

Back 97

an authoritative order

Front 98

mangy

Back 98

squalid, despicable

Front 99

manifest

Back 99

evident

Front 100

manifesto

Back 100

statement of policy

Front 101

manifold

Back 101

numerous, multifarious

Front 102

manumit

Back 102

to liberate

Front 103

mare

Back 103

mature female horse

Front 104

marsupial

Back 104

an animal with an external womb

Front 105

martinet

Back 105

strict military disciplinarian

Front 106

masticate

Back 106

to chew up

Front 107

matrix

Back 107

mold for casting or shaping

Front 108

maudlin

Back 108

foolishly and tearfully sentimental

Front 109

maul

Back 109

to handle roughly