LJ Flashcards
(19 cards)
Levity
Lack of proper seriousness
Rivolity; lightheartedness; flippancy
Luminuous
Issuing light; shining; glowing; gleaming
Lumber
Move heavily
Loquacious
Inclined to talk excessively
Listless
Lacking in spirit or energy
Limn
Outline with clear, sharp detils.
Libertine
Debauched and dissolute person.
Roue rake womanizer
Lethargic
Lacking energy
torpid, sluggish, weary, drwosy
Latent
Potential but undevelop.
dormant. Hidden
Lassitude
Lack of energy
languor. Weariness. Listlessness
Laconic
Brief and to the point- using a few words
succint. Concise. Curt terse
Lachrymose
Full of tears
Weeping sorrowful melancholy dolorous mournful
Juxtaposition
State of being placed side by side or close together
Jocular
Characterized by joking
Good humored facetious. Jesting
Jingoist
Extremely aggressive militant patriot.
Nationalist. Chuvinist.
Attenuate
Weaken lessen in degree ( in density, force. Or degree)
Alleviate
Make more bearable ( mitiga.)
Assuage
Relieve or reduce in intensity
alleviate; allay; mitigate; appease
Ameliorate
Make better or more bearable
. Amend. Improve.