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Guide to Obscure English Words 537

Jibe—to mock with hateful words
Juridical—legal
Kowtow—to bow to, submit
Laic—a layperson
Lakh—one hundred thousand

Languorous—lacking motivation, lazy
Largess—generosity (in attitude or in bestowal of gifts)
Lascivious—lustful
Latitudinarianism—the accepting as equally valid even widely differing opinions,
especially in religion
Laudation—an act of praise
Lexicography—the making of a dictionary
Lexicon—a language’s words and definitions
Licentiousness—indulgence in lust

Lineament—a definitive characteristic
Loci—points of focus
Locution—a phrase; speaking style
Lucre—monetary gain
Lucubration—great study
Luxuriant—abundant in vegetation

Mahout—an elephant driver
Malfeasance—wrongdoing (especially by an official)
Masquerade—to disguise oneself
Maund—approximately forty kilograms
Maverick—an individualist; a deliberately unusual person
Mellifluous—flowing smoothly and sweetly

Mensural—relating to measure
Minacious—causing fear
Misoneism—hatred of (or fear of) change or innovation
Missive—a letter (of correspondence)
Modicum—a small amount