English Vocab #17

adj. showing lack of interest; listless

v. to give a thrashing; to assault violently

link: the lamb was lambasted

n. light, good-humored satire

ex. a harpoon is rarely an example of a lampoon

adj. lacking energy; weak; showing little interest in anything

link: a languid squid

adj. laying hidden or undeveloped; potential

adj. bending easily and gracefully

link: you must be lithe for gymnastics

n. the management of the details of an operation

link: the logistics of logs

adj. clumsy; inept

ex. a maladroit of a male

n. a vague feeling of bodily discomfort, as at the beginning of an illness

link: malaise before malasia

adj./ n. dissatisfied with existing conditions; an unhappy person

link: not content