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Details Title: GRE Word Smart 3 Description: Difficult Words (L-O) Total Flash Cards: 68 Created: 09/11/2005 20:26:25	To study from this set of flash cards, or to create your own your own study flash cards, register HERE. If you are already a registered user, CLICK HERE.
Cards Term labile Definition readily open to change Term lachrymose Definition causing tears Term laconic Definition using few words, terse Term lassitude Definition listlessness; langor Term laud Definition to praise highly Term libertine Definition someone unrestrained by morality or convention Term limn Definition to draw, outline in detail Term limpid Definition transparent, serene Term list Definition to tilt or lean to one side Term loquacious Definition extremely talkative Term lucid Definition intelligible, easy to understand Term lumber Definition to move heavily Term luminious Definition characterized by brightness Term magnanimity Definition the quality of being generously noble in heart/mind Term malevolent Definition having or showing often vicious ill will Term malinger Definition to feign illness so as to avoid work Term malleable Definition capable of being shaped or formed Term martial Definition associated with war and the armed forces Term maunder Definition to talk or move aimlessly, mutter Term maverick Definition an independent indiviual Term mellifluous Definition sweetly flowing Term mendacity Definition dishonesty Term mendicant Definition beggar Term mercurial Definition characterized by rapid change Term meretricious Definition tawdry, pretentious, having to do with prostitution Term meticulous Definition characterized by extreme care Term mettlesome Definition courageous, high-spirited Term militate Definition to have weight or bearing on, to argue Term milk Definition to exploit, to squeeze every last ounce of Term minatory Definition menacing, threatening Term mince Definition pronounce or speak affectedly or too carefully Term misanthrope Definition one who hates mankind Term misogynist Definition one who hates women Term mitigate Definition to make or become less severe Term mollify Definition to calm or soothe Term morose Definition sad, sullen, melancholy Term multifarious Definition varied Term mundane Definition of the world, typical Term nadir Definition low point Term nascent Definition coming into being Term natty Definition trimly neat and tidy Term nebulous Definition vague, cloudy Term neologism Definition a new word Term neophyte Definition beginner Term nexus Definition connection Term nice Definition exacting, extremely precise Term noisome Definition offensive Term nonplussed Definition baffled Term nostrum Definition cure-all, placebo Term noxious Definition harmful Term obdurate Definition unyielding, inflexible Term obfuscate Definition to deliberatly obsure, to make confusing Term obseqious Definition exhibiting a fawning attentiveness Term obstinate Definition stubborn Term obstreperous Definition noisy, loudly stubborn Term obtain Definition to be established Term obtuse Definition lacking sharpness of intellect Term obviate Definition to anticipate and make unnecessary Term occlude Definition to obstruct or block Term occult Definition hidden, concealed, beyond comprehension Term officious Definition meddlesome, pushy Term onerous Definition troubling, burdensome Term opprobrium Definition disgrace, contempt, scorn Term oscillation Definition the act or state of swinging back and forth Term ossified Definition changed into bone Term ostensible Definition seeming, appearing as such Term ostentatious Definition characterized by or given to pretentiousness Term overweening Definition presumptuously arrogant, immoderate