Author: Oleg Smirnov, Posted on Monday, November 29 @ 11:47:47 IST by RxPG  

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labyrinthine  - to entangle the state of affairs
lachrymose  - causing tears tearful
lacklustre  - (of eyes) dull
lament  - show feel great sorrow
lassitude  - weariness tiredness
latent  - present but not yet active developed or visible


laudatory  - expressing or giving praise
lavish  - giving or producing freely liberally or generously
legacy  - something handed down from ancestors
levee  - formal reception/embankment
levity  - lack of seriousness
libel  - statement that damages reputation
liberality  - free giving generosity
libertine  - immoral person
lien  - legal claim until a debt on it is repaid
limn  - paint portray
limp  - lacking strength walking unevenly
lionize  - treat as a famous person
lithe  - bending twisting
loll
lope  - move along with long strides
loquacious  - talkative garrulous
lucubrate  - write in scholarly fashion
luculent  - easily understood lucid clear
lugubrious  - mournful excessively sad
lull  - become quiet or less active
lumber  - move in a clumsy/noisy way
luminary  - star light-giving body
lurk  - be out of view ready to attack
lustrous  - being bright polished
macabre  - gruesome suggesting death
macerate  - make or become soft by soaking in water
machination  - plot scheme (esp. evil)
maladroit  - tactless clumsy
malapropism  - misuse of a word (for one that resembles it)
malevolence  - wishing to do evil
malign  - injurious speak ill of somebody tell lie
malinger  - to fake illness or injury in order to shirk a duty
malleable  - yielding easily shaped mouldable adapting
manacle  - chains for the hands or feet
massacre  - cruel killing of a large number of people
matriculation  - be admitted enter a university as a student
maudlin  - sentimental in a silly or tearful way
maul  - hurt by rough handling
maverick  - rebel nonconformist
mellifluous  - sweetly flowing
mendacity  - dishonesty
mendicant  - a beggar
mercurial  - quick changeable in character fleeting
meretricious  - attractive on the surface but of little value
mesmerize  - hypnotize
meticulous  - giving great attention to details
mettle  - quality of endurance or courage
mettlesome  - courageous high-spirited
middling  - fairly good but not very good
minatory  - menacing threatening
mince  - pronounce or speak affectedly euphemize
misanthrope  - person who hates mankind
mischievous  - harmful causing mischief
miser  - person who loves wealth and spends little
misogynist  - one who hates women/females
moderation  - quality of being limited not extreme
mollify  - make calmer or quieter
molt  - moult lose hair feathers before new growing
morbid  - diseased unhealthy (e.g.. about ideas)
morose  - ill-tempered unsocial
muffler  - cloth worn round the neck/silencer
multifarious  - varied motley greatly diversified
mundane
myriad  - very great number
nadir  - lowest weakest point
nascent  - coming into existence emerging
nebulous  - cloud-like hazy vague indistinct
negligent  - taking too little care
neophyte  - person who has been converted to a belief
nexus  - a connection tie or link
nibble  - show some inclination to accept (an offer)
noisome  - offensive disgusting (smell)
nonchalant  - not having interest
nonplussed  - greatly surprised
nostrum  - a quack remedy an untested cure
noxious  - harmful
nugatory  - trifling/worthless
obdurate  - hardened and unrepenting stubborn inflexible
obfuscate  - to darken make obscure muddle
oblivious  - unaware having no memory
obloquy
obsequious  - too eager to obey or serve
obstreperous  - noisy loud
obtain  - to be established accepted or customary
obtrusive  - projecting prominent undesirably noticeable
obtuse  - blunt/stupid
obviate  - to make unnecessary get rid of
occluded  - blocked up
odious  - repulsive hateful
odium  - contempt dislike aversion
odor  - smell favour reputation
officious  - too eager or ready to help offer advice
ominous  - threatening
onerous  - needing effort burdensome
opaqueness  - dullness/not allowing light to pass through
opprobrious  - showing scorn or reproach
ossify  - to turn to bone to settle rigidly into an idea
ostensible  - seeming appearing as such professed
ostentation  - display to obtain admiration or envy
ostracism  - shut out from society refuse to meet talk
overhaul  - examine thoroughly to learn about the condition
overweening
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