Lesson 31   -   edHelper.com
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Word List
irrational
irrefutable
irreverent
irrevocable
irrigation
isolate
issue
jargon
jeopardy
jolly
jovial
jubilant
judicious
juncture
justify
jut
lament
lampoon
languid
languish
lapse
latent
lavish
lax
layman
 
 


Matching

Match each definition with a word.

      lament 1. to feel or express sorrow or regret for; deplore; bemoan; grieve
___________________________ 2. the act of sending out or putting forth; promulgation; distribution; begats; scions; seed
___________________________ 3. to project or extend sharply outward; protrude (often fol. by out); stick out; stand
___________________________ 4. that cannot be refuted or disproved; positive; indubitable; sure
___________________________ 5. Med. the flushing or washing out of anything with water or other liquid.
___________________________ 6. a slip or error, often of a trivial sort; failure; blunder; fluff; boner
___________________________ 7. loose or slack; not tense, rigid, or firm; slacken; relax
___________________________ 8. in good spirits; gay; merry; blithe
___________________________ 9. heartily cheerful, friendly, and merry; convivial; festive; lighthearted; gay
___________________________ 10. using or showing judgment as to action or practical expediency; discreet, prudent, or politic; sane; sensible; sage
___________________________ 11. having or expressing great joy; exultant; triumphant; cock-a-hoop; exulting
___________________________ 12. expended, bestowed, or occurring in profusion; profuse; prodigal; luxuriant
___________________________ 13. to set apart or alone; island; enisle; segregate
___________________________ 14. 3. Psychol. existing in unconscious or dormant form but potentially able to achieve expression; quiescent
___________________________ 15. without the faculty of reason; deprived of reason; mad; unreasoned; nonrational
___________________________ 16. lacking in vigor or vitality; slack or slow; lackadaisical; enervated; listless
___________________________ 17. to show (an act, claim, statement, etc.) to be just or right; maintain; assert; warrant
___________________________ 18. a sharp, often virulent satire directed against an individual or institution; a work of literature, art, or the like, ridiculing severely the character or behavior of a person, society, etc.
___________________________ 19. to lose vigor and vitality; fade; fail; deteriorate
___________________________ 20. not to be revoked or recalled; unable to be repealed or annulled; unalterable; irreversible; nonreversible
___________________________ 21. not having or showing reverence or respect; ungodly; unhallowed
___________________________ 22. peril or danger; hazard; risk
___________________________ 23. a particular point in time, esp. a point of serious importance or crisis; seam; connection
___________________________ 24. a person who is not a member of the clergy; one of the laity.
___________________________ 25. the language, esp. the vocabulary, peculiar to a particular trade, profession, or group; dictionary