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SAT Vocabulary - L
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11th Grade
09/04/2014
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labyrinth
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maze
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lacerate
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tear, cut
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lachrymose
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tearful
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lackey
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servant
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laconic
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brief , terse
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lactic
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derived from milk
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lacuna
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a missing part, gap
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laggard
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loafer
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lagniappe
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bonus
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laity
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laymen
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lambent
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softly radiant
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lament
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mourn
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lamina
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layer
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lampoon
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satirize
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languish
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weaken
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lanyard
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short rope
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larceny
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theft
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largess
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generous donation
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lascivious
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lustful
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lassitude
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lethargy
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latent
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potential
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laudatory
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commendable
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laurels
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fame
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lave
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wash
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lavish
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extravagant
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lax
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loose, careless
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laxity
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carelessness
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layman
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nonprofessional
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lectern
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reading desk
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leery
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cautious
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legacy
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bequest
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legerdemain
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trickery
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legible
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readable
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legislate
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make laws
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legitimate
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lawful
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lenient
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forgiving
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lethargic
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drowsy, sluggish
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levee
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embankment , dam
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leviathan
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a monster
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levity
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frivolity
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liable
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responsible
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liaison
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relationship, affair
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libertarian
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one who believes in complete freedom
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libertine
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a person who is morally or sexually unrestrained, especially a dissolute man; a profligate; rake.
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libidinous
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lustful
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licentious
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lewd, immoral
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lien
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financial claim
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lieutenant
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one who acts in place of another
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ligature
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bond
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ligneous
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woodlike
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Lilliputian
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very small
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limerick
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poem
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limn
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portray, describe
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limpid
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transparent, clearly understood
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linchpin
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something that is indispensable
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lineage
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ancestry
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linguistics
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study of language
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liquidate
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eliminate
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lissome
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agile, supple
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listless
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lacking spirit or interest
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litany
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list
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lithe
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supple
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litigate
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contest
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litotes
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two negative statements that cancel to make a positive statement
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liturgy
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ceremony
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livid
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enraged
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loath
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reluctant
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loathe
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abhor
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lofty
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high
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logistics
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means of supplying troops
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logo
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symbol
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logy
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sluggish
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loquacious
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talkative
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lothario
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rake, womanizer
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lout
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goon
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lucid
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clearly understood
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lucrative
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profitable
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lucre
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money, profit
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ludicrous
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absurd
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lugubrious
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sad
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luminous
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bright
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lupine
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wolf-like
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lure
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entice
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lurid
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ghastly
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luster
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gloss
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luxuriant
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lush
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lynch
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hang without trial
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