ela 3-4h vocab 14/15

Question 0

judicious (

Answer 0

Showing sound judgement

Question 1

jargon (

Answer 1

) vocabulary distinctive to a particular group of people

Question 2

kindred (

Answer 2

Related by birth; life of nature

Question 3

knead (

Answer 3

To work dough or clay in a uniform mixture

Question 4

lacerate (

Answer 4

To tear (flesh) jaggedly

Question 5

lackadaisical (

Answer 5

Uninterested, listless

Question 6

lackey (

Answer 6

Slavish follower

Question 7

laggard (

Answer 7

A slow person, especially one who falls behind

Question 8

lament (

Answer 8

To mourn

Question 9

lampoon (

Answer 9

A written satire used to ridicule or attack someone

Question 10

languish (

Answer 10

To become weak or feeble

Question 11

lateral (

Answer 11

To the side

Question 12

lax

Answer 12

Careless or negligent

Question 13

lethal (

Answer 13

Deadly, fatal

Question 14

licentious (

Answer 14

Morally unrestrained

Question 15

macabre (

Answer 15

Horrible, grim

Question 16

mandarin (

Answer 16

Influential person

Question 17

martial (

Answer 17

War-like; military

Question 18

melee (

Answer 18

Noisy, confused fight

Question 19

mendicant (

Answer 19

A beggar

Question 20

mesmerize (

Answer 20

To hypnotize

Question 21

minion (

Answer 21

A fawning, servile follower

Question 22

mitigate (

Answer 22

To make less severe, to become milder

Question 23

modicum (

Answer 23

A small amount

Question 24

nadir (

Answer 24

Lowest point

Question 25

narcissistic (

Answer 25

.) conceited; one having excessive self-love and self-absorption

Question 26

nefarious (

Answer 26

Very wicked

Question 27

nemesis (

Answer 27

) someone or something a person cannot conquer or achieve; a hated enemy

Question 28

neophyte

Answer 28

A beginner

Question 29

jaded

Answer 29

.) worn out; dulled, as from overindulgence