SAT words - J-L
| Jaded - adj. worn out | |
| syn. fatigued, beat | |
| ant. energized, lively | |
| The jaded basketball player had to rest for a long time after playing 18 hours of basketball. | |
| Jargon - n. special language or terminology | |
| syn. dialect, hybrid language | |
| ant. informal language | |
| We fellow nerds have developed our own jargon that only we can understand. | |
| Jeopardy - n. an exposure to or possibility of danger | |
| syn. endangerment, hazard | |
| ant. safety | |
| After getting a papercut, that crazy hypochondriac actually thought she was in jeopardy. | |
| Jingoist - n. someone with extreme nationalism | |
| syn. patriot, nationalist | |
| ant. traitor | |
| The crazed Japanese jingoist hacked into the Pentagon's computers for his country. | |
| Jocular - adj. fond of joking | |
| syn. jolly, funny | |
| ant. serious | |
| I know that the jocular fellow enjoys playing pranks, but isn't glueing everyone's hands to their lockers with super glue going a little bit too far? | |
| Judicious - adj. showing good judgement | |
| syn. wise, discreet | |
| ant. careless, faulty | |
| My judicious employer always knows what kind of people she wants for employees. | |
| Karma - n. your life force that determines your fate or destiny | |
| syn. kismet, predestination | |
| ant. (none) | |
| Supposedly, stealing anything, even toothpicks, can give you bad karma. | |
| Laconic - adj. using as few words as possible | |
| syn. concise, succinct, terse | |
| ant. extended, lengthy | |
| I wished that my laconic friend would speak more and elaborate on his sexual escapades with Jennifer Lopez. | |
| Laggardly - adv. slow, lacking speed | |
| syn. gradually, languidly | |
| ant. quickly | |
| The tortoise may have been racing laggardly, but he still beat the rabbit. | |
| Lampoon - n./v. verbal ridicule of a person | |
| syn. personal satire, to make fun of | |
| ant. compliment, praise | |
| The anti-Republican's ridiculing lampoon of President Bush lasted for nearly 21 hours. | |
| Languor - n. tiredness or weakness | |
| syn. sluggishness, lethargy | |
| ant. awareness, consciousness | |
| Though he had just run a marathon, all of his languor disappeared after a night's rest. | |
| Latent - adj. waiting to be aroused or discovered | |
| syn. hidden, submerged | |
| ant. active, obvious | |
| His latent basketball abilities only seemed to surface when his girlfriend was watching. | |
| Laud - v. to praise | |
| syn. commend, acclaim | |
| ant. boo, criticize | |
| I'd love to laud and praise President Bush if he wasn't such an idiot. | |
| Lax - adj. loose, unstructured | |
| syn. not firm, negligent, slack | |
| ant. stringent, tight, constricted | |
| Due to the school's lax rules, many fights broke out within its halls. | |
| Legion - adj. numerous | |
| syn. countless, myriad | |
| ant. meager, none | |
| I need legion toothpicks and lots of glue to make a large toothpick structure. | |
| Lethargy - n. serious tiredness | |
| syn. languor, laziness, torpor | |
| ant. awareness, consciousness | |
| Lethargy overcame me about 5 minutes into the professor's boring speech. | |
| Levity - n. lightness of approach or treatment | |
| syn. humor | |
| ant. gravity | |
| My serious brother overreacted and didn't understand the levity of the situation. | |
| Lexicon - n. language, something made up of words | |
| syn. terminology, dictionary | |
| ant. (none) | |
| The Chinese have a complicated lexicon, made up of hundreds of thousands of characters. | |
| Limerick - n. humorous poem | |
| syn. lyric, verse | |
| ant. (none) | |
| It may not be epic poems, but my sister writes funny limericks that make people laugh. | |
| Listless - adj. lacking energy or enthusiasm | |
| syn. indifferent or languid | |
| ant. caring, enthusiastic | |
| As a listless person with no interests, I enjoy just laying on the couch and doing nothing. | |
| Lithe - adj. marked by effortless grace, flexible | |
| syn. limber, agile, pliable | |
| ant. clumsy, oafish | |
| The normally lithe ballet dancer stumbled horribly through her routine today. | |
| Loquacious - adj. extremely talkative | |
| syn. gabby, garrulous | |
| ant. quiet | |
| Someone needs to shut that loquacious, talkative girl up before I go and gag her mouth. | |
| Lummox - n. clumsy/stupid person | |
| syn. brute, barbarian, blunderbuss, blockhead | |
| ant. civilized noble | |
| I was surprised that the lummox knew so much about table manners and current events. | |
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© Raymond Ma 2004