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7001 - 8000 Vocabulary List for Visiting Scholars in the USA - Page 43 |
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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 in a luxuriant apartment. | marked by a display of luxury |