Quiz for Barrons L |
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Question 1
| Multiple-choice | |
n libido | |
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gross lewdness; lustfulness; ADJ. lecherous; N. lecher: lecherous man |
move heavily or clumsily; Ex. The bear lumbered through the woods; N: timber |
psychic and emotional energy or urges behind human activity; sexual desire |
detest; ADJ. loathsome: arousing loathing; offensive; Ex. loathsome smell |
| Multiple-choice | |
n laconic | |
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slow; sluggish; N: one who lags; straggler |
appear or take shape (usually in an enlarged |
metal-bearing vein(long deposit of an ore) |
brief and to the point; using few words; terse |
| Multiple-choice | |
n lampoon | |
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lawsuit; N. litigant: one party in a lawsuit; V. litigate |
room to move; margin; latitude; Ex. leeway for the deadline |
ridicule; N: written attack ridiculing or satirizing a person |
add leaven to; cause to rise or grow lighter; enliven; N: agent |
| Multiple-choice | |
n lout | |
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extremely small; CF. Lilliput in Gulliver's Travels |
brief and to the point; using few words; terse |
clumsy person; ADJ. loutish; CF. from countrysides ? |
lacking energy or vitality; weary; sluggish; listless |
| Multiple-choice | |
loathe | |
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mildness; permissiveness; ADJ. lenient: not severe in judgment or punishment |
detest; ADJ. loathsome: arousing loathing; offensive; Ex. loathsome smell |
move heavily or clumsily; Ex. The bear lumbered through the woods; N: timber |
gross lewdness; lustfulness; ADJ. lecherous; N. lecher: lecherous man |
| Multiple-choice | |
n larceny | |
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moo; make the sound of a cow |
talkative; N. loquacity |
insane; Ex. lunatic asylum |
theft; Ex. petit larceny |
| Multiple-choice | |
n labile | |
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ridicule; N: written attack ridiculing or satirizing a person |
drowsy; dull; N. lethargy: state of sluggishness and inactivity |
likely to change; unstable; Ex. emotionally labile; N. lability |
gift made by a will; something handed down from an ancestor |
| Multiple-choice | |
n limbo | |
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dwell; abide by: comply with; put up with; tolerate; Ex. abide by the rules; Ex. I can't abide rude people. |
region near heaven or hell where certain souls are kept; prison (slang); Ex. Purgatory and Limbo |
supplicatory prayer; prayer in which the priest calls out and the people replies in the same words |
present but not yet noticeable or active; dormant; hidden; N. latency; CF. potential |
| Multiple-choice | |
n lumber | |
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move heavily or clumsily; Ex. The bear lumbered through the woods; N: timber |
shining (esp. in the dark); issuing light; Ex. luminous paint/road signs |
wild; sensational; graphic; gruesome; horrible; Ex. lurid details of the murder |
lacking interest or effort; lacking purpose or zest; lazy; halfhearted; languid |
| Multiple-choice | |
lethal | |
| Select the best answer | |
deadly |
like wood |
like a lion |
gallop slowly |
