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7001 - 8000 Vocabulary List for Visiting Scholars in the USA - Page 22 |
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| Word | Type | Used in a Sentence | Synonym |
| lottery | noun | Playing the lottery is a fool's game. | selling tickets to win money by chance |
| lotus | adj. | We ate lotus at times in China. | an edible aquatic plant |
| louse | noun | We discovered a louse on his head. | any of numerous sucking insects |
| noun | Her husband was a complete louse. | a mean despicable person. | |
| lubricant | noun | Lubricants will greatly decrease machine wear. | oil, grease to reduce friction |
| lucid | adj. | At the age of ninety she was still lucid. | mentally sound; sane or rational |
| ludicrous | adj. | That plan seemed ludicrous to us. | laughable or hilarious; obviously absurd |
| lullaby | noun | The mother soothed her son with a lullaby. | a soothing song |
| lunatic | noun | Only a lunatic would try to go there. | insane; foolish |
| luxuriant | adj. | She lived a a luxuriant apartment. | marked by a display of luxury |
| lynch | verb | The mob wanted to lynch the thief. | execute outside of the law by hanging |
| magpie | noun | We saw many magpies flying in Korea. | wild bird with long tail |
| maize | noun | On their farm they raised a crop of maize. | a light yellow cornlike grain |
| malignant | adj. | He suffered from a malignant cancer. | tending to metastasize |
| mandate | noun | His election was a mandate for change. | a command given by the voters |
| manslaughter | noun | They ruled he was guilty of manslaughter. | unlawful killing without intent |
| mantel | noun | The flowers sat on the mantel. | shelf above the fireplace |
| martial | adj. | He was a student of the martial arts. | suggestive of war |
| marrow | noun | Many enjoy eating bone marrow. | the inmost part of the bone |
| massage | noun | Massage helps people relax their muscles. | rubbing or kneading parts of the body |
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