Word List 28

laypersons

to beat; thrash verbally or physically

to ridicule

small surgical tool for making incisions

languor; depression

long and thin

extremely thin and bony; haggard and drawn, as from great hunger, weariness, or torture; emaciated

to lick in; splash gently

pantry; place where food is kept

generous gift

lustful

coming from the side

freedom from narrow limitations

careless

to cause fermentation in (dough or batter); enliven or vivify

lustfulness; gross lewdness

reading desk

suspicious; cautious

room to move; margin

sleight of hand

like a lion

compiler of a dictionary

dictionary

defamatory statement

debauched person, roue, rake

lustful

text of an opera

legal claim on a property

like wood

extremely small

a place in which a person resides; residence; dwelling; habitation

region near heaven or hell where certain souls are kept; a prison

to draw

clear

features, especially of the face

to linger or loiter

to treat as a celebrity

to tilt; lean over

lacking in spirit or energy

to pray humbly; make humble and earnest entreaty or petition

flexible; supple

supplicatory prayer

lawsuit

understatement for rhetorical effect, esp when achieved by using negation with a term in place of using an antonym of that term, as in "She was not a little upset" for "She was extremely upset."

black and blue; deathly pale or pallid or ashen; enraged

unwilling; reluctant; disinclined; averse

metal-bearing vein

to lounge about

to appear or take shape

to gallop slowly