Week 8 Vocab LHS AVID 12

If you have Ms jennings this is the vocab to study, you got this!

Levity (n)

humor, frivolity, gaiety

Lexicon (n)

dictionary, list of words

Liberal (adj)

tolerant, broad

Liberation (n)

freedom, emancipation

Libertarian (n)

one who believes in unrestricted freedom

Libertine (n)

one without moral restraint

Licentious (adj)

immoral; unrestrained by society

Lien (n)

right to possess and sell the property of a debtor

Limpid (adj)

clear, transparent

Lineage (n)

ancestry

Linguistics (n)

study of language

Liniment (n)

medicinal liquid used externally to ease pain

Lionize (v)

to treat as a celebrity

Lissome (adj)

easily flexed, limber, agile

Listless (adj)

lacking energy and enthusiasm

Literate (adj)

able to read and write; well read and educated

Lithe (adj)

moving and bending with ease; graceful

Litigation (n)

lawsuit

Livid (adj)

discolored from a bruise; reddened with anger

Loathe (v)

to abhor, despise, hate

Locomotion (n)

movement from place to place

Logo (n)

corporate symbol

Luxuriance (n)

elegance, lavishness

Lyrical (adj)

suitable for poetry and song; expressing feeling

Machination (n)

plot or scheme

Macrobiotics (n)

art of prolonging life by special diet or organic non

Macrocosm (n)

system regarded as an entity with subsystems

Maelstrom (n)

whirlpool; turmoil; agitated state of mind

Magnanimous (n)

generous, noble in spirit

Magnate (n)

powerful, influential person

Magnitude (adj)

extent, greatness of size

Maladroit (adj)

clumsy, tactless

Malady (n)

illness

Malapropism (n)

humorous misuse of a word

Malcontent (n)

discontented person, one who holds a grudge

Malcontent (adj)

discontent

Malediction (n)

curse

Malefactor (n)

evil

Malevolent (adj) ill

willed; causing evil or harm to others

Malfunction (v)

to fail to work

Malfunction (n)

breakdown, failure

Malice (n)

animosity, spite, hatred

Malinger (v)

to evade responsibility be pretending to be ill

Malnutrition (n)

under

Malodorous (adj)

foul

Mandatory (adj)

necessary, required

Manifold (adj)

diverse, varied, comprised of many parts

Loiter (v)

to stand around idly

Loquacious (adj)

talkative

Manifest (adj)

obvious

Low (v)

to make a sound like a cow, moo

Lucid (adj)

clear and easily understood

Ludicrous (adj)

laughable, ridiculous

Lugubrious (adj)

sorrowful, mournful

Lumber (v)

to move slowly and awkwardly

Luminary (n)

bright object; celebrity; source of inspiration

Luminous (adj)

bright, brilliant, glowing

Lunar (adj)

relating to the moon

Lurid (adj)

harshly shocking, sensational; glowing

Lurk (n)

to prowl, sneak

Luscious (adj)

very good tasting

Mannered (adj)

artificial or stilted in character

Manual (adj)

hand

Mar (v)

to damage, deface; spoil

Marginal (adj)

barely sufficient

Maritime (adj)

relating to the sea or sailing

Martial (adj)

war

Martinet (n)

strict disciplinarian; one who rigidly follows rules

Martyr (n)

person dying for his/her beliefs

Masochist (n)

one who enjoys pain or humiliation

Masquerade (n)

disguise; action that conceals the truth

Materialism (n)

preoccupation with material things

Matriculate (v)

to enroll as a member of a college or university

Matrilineal (adj)

tracing ancestry through mother's line rather than father's

Maudlin (adj)

overly sentimental

Mawkish (adj)

sickeningly sentimental

Meddler (n)

person interfering in others' affairs

Medieval (adj)

relating to the middle ages

Megalith (n)

huge stone used in prehistoric structures

Megalomania (n)

mental state with delusions of wealth and power

Melancholy (adj)

sadness, depression

Melody (n)

pleasing musical sounds; tune

Menagerie (n)

various animals kept together for exhibition

Mendacious (adj)

dishonest

Mendicant (n)

beggar

Mentor (n)

experienced teacher and wise advisor

Mercenary (n)

soldier for hire in foreign countries

Mercenary (adj)

motivated only by greed

Mercurial (adj)

quick, shrewd, and unpredictable

Meretricious (adj)

gaudy, falsely attractive

Metaphor (n)

figure of speech comparing two different things

Meticulous (adj)

extremely careful, fastidious, painstaking

Metronome (n)

time

Mettle (v)

courageousness; endurance

Microbe (n)

microorganism

Microcosm (n)

tiny system used as analogy for larger systems

Migratory (adj)

wandering from place to place

Militate (v)

to operate against; work against

Minimal (adj)

smallest in amount; least possible

Minuscule (adj)

very small