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Laconic |
using few words; concise, terse, pithy, taciturn |
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Lament |
to express sorrow, to grieve; bewail, deplore, mourn |
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Lassitude |
a state of diminished energy; languor, enervation, fatigue, debilitation |
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Latent |
potential that is not readily apparent; concealed, potential, inert, quiescent |
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Laud |
to give praise, to glorify; acclaim, applaud, exalt, extol, commend |
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Lavish |
extremely generous or extravagant; to give unsparingly; bestow, prodigal, confer, opulent, profuse |
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Lethargic |
acting in an indifferent or slow, sluggish manner; apathetic, languid, torpid |
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Loquacious |
talkative; garrulous, effusive, verbose |
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Lucid |
clear and easily understood; intelligible, coherent, explicit, limpid |
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Luminous |
bright, brilliant, glowing; incandescent, radiant, lustrous |
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Malinger |
to evade responsibility by pretending to be ill; shirk, slack |
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Malleable |
capable of being shaped; pliable, ductile, pliant, adaptable |
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Metaphor |
a figure of speech comparing two different things, a symbol; analogy, comparison |
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Meticulous |
extremely careful about details; conscientious, precise, scrupulous |
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Misanthrope |
a person who dislikes others |
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Mitigate |
to soften, to lessen; allay, mollify, alleviate, palliate, assuage, temper |
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Mollify |
to calm or make less severe; appease, conciliate, assuage, pacify |
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Monotony |
no variation, tediously the same; drone, tedium |
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Naive |
lacking sophistication or experience; artless, ingenuous, credulous, guileless |
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Obdurate |
hardened in feeling, resistant to persuasion; inflexible, tenacious, intransigent, recalcitrant |
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