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Gruber Vocab- L
Most of the Ls
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Graduate
04/06/2012
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lachrymose
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tearful
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lacerate
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to tear flesh roughly; to mangle
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laconic
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using few words; concise
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laggard
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a slow person; one who falls behind
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lampoon
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a shard and often harmful satire
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lapidary
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a dealer in precious stones
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largess
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girts that have been give generiously
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lascivious
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lustful or lewd; initing sexual desire
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lassitude
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a feeling of wekness andweariness
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laudable
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praiseworthy
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limpid
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clear, transparent
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licentious
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lawless; immoral; lewd
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libertine
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one who leads an immoral life
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libretto
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the words of an opera
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leonine
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lion like; fierece; authoriative
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legerdemain
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sleight of hand; deception
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lave
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to wash or bathe
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lineaments
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facial feature
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lionize
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to treat as a celelbrity
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lissome
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moving gracefully; agile; or atvie
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loath NOT loathe- to hate
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reluctant; unwilling
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lode
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a rich soure of suppy such as mineral depoist
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loll
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to lean or lounge about; to droop
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loquacious
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talkative
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lout
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an awkward, stupid person
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lucent
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fiving off light
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lucid
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clear easy t understand ratinol or sane
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lugubrious
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sad; mournful
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lurid
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shocking; glwoing; sensational
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