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Lion (India)
GRE Barron's 15th ed.
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  1. lagoon
    a body of water cut off from a larger body by a reef
  2. laity
    members of a religious community who are not clergy
  3. lambaste
    censure severely or angrily
  4. lampoon
    ridicule with satire
  5. lancet
    a surgical knife with a pointed double-edged blade
  6. languish
    become feeble
  7. languor
    inactivity; showing an unusual lack of energy
  8. lank
    long and thin and often limp
  9. larceny
    the act of taking something from someone unlawfully
  10. larder
    a small storeroom for storing foods or wines
  11. largess
    liberality in bestowing gifts
  12. lassitude
    a feeling of lack of interest or energy
  13. lateral
    situated at or extending to the side
  14. latitude
    an imaginary line around the Earth parallel to the equator
  15. laud
    praise, glorify, or honor
  16. lax
    without rigor or strictness
  17. leaven
    a substance used to produce fermentation in dough
  18. lechery
    unrestrained indulgence in sexual activity
  19. lectern
    desk or stand with a slanted top used to hold a text
  20. leery
    openly distrustful and unwilling to confide
  21. leeway
    a permissible difference
  22. legacy
    a gift of personal property by will
  23. legend
    a story about mythical or supernatural beings or events
  24. legerdemain
    an illusory feat
  25. leonine
    of or characteristic of or resembling a lion
  26. levee
    an embankment built to prevent a river from overflowing
  27. levity
    a manner lacking seriousness
  28. levy
    impose and collect
  29. lewd
    suggestive of or tending to moral looseness
  30. lexicographer
    a compiler or writer of a dictionary
  31. liaison
    a means of communication between groups
  32. libel
    a false and malicious publication
  33. libertine
    unrestrained by convention or morality
  34. libidinous
    driven by lust
  35. libido
    (psychoanalysis) a Freudian term for sexual urge or desire
  36. libretto
    the words of an opera or musical play
  37. licentious
    lacking moral discipline
  38. lien
    the right to take and hold the property of a debtor
  39. lilliputian
    very small
  40. limber
    easily bent
  41. limbo
    in Catholicism, the place of unbaptized but innocent souls
  42. limn
    make a portrait of
  43. limpid
    clear and bright
  44. lineament
    the characteristic parts of a person's face
  45. linger
    remain present although waning or gradually dying
  46. linguistic
    consisting of or related to language
  47. liquidate
    eliminate a debt by paying it off
  48. listless
    lacking zest or vivacity
  49. litany
    a prayer consisting of a series of invocations by the priest with responses from the congregation
  50. lithe
    moving and bending with ease
  51. litigation
    a legal proceeding in a court
  52. litotes
    understatement for rhetorical effect
  53. livid
    furiously angry
  54. loath
    strongly opposed
  55. loathe
    dislike intensely; feel disgust toward
  56. lode
    a deposit of valuable ore
  57. lofty
    of imposing height; especially standing out above others
  58. log
    a segment of the trunk of a tree when stripped of branches
  59. loll
    be lazy or idle
  60. loom
    a textile machine for weaving yarn into a textile
  61. lope
    run easily
  62. loquacious
    full of trivial conversation
Created on Mon Jun 03 01:41:17 EDT 2013 (updated Sat Jun 22 02:39:19 EDT 2013)

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