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ludicrous adj. ridiculous, laughable, absurd, farcical, nonsensical,
preposterous, incongruous, asinine, foolish, silly, zany, crazy,
comical, risible; funny, facetious, droll, waggish, jocular,
witty, jocose: The explanations of the new tax laws have been
carried to ludicrous extremes. You can count on Billy to come up
with some ludicrous prank on April Fools' Day.
lug v. drag, tug, tow, haul, heave; carry, tote, transport: You're
mistaken if you think I'm going to lug that case round
everywhere.
luggage n. baggage, bags, gear, impedimenta, paraphernalia, things,
belongings: When I arrived in Torremolinos, I found my luggage
was missing.
lukewarm adj. 1 tepid, room temperature, warm: I like my bath-water
lukewarm. 2 cool, indifferent, half-hearted, chill, chilly,
phlegmatic, unresponsive, unenthusiastic, nonchalant,
lackadaisical, apathetic, insouciant, Laodicean, unmoved, US
half-baked, Colloq laid-back: My ideas for improving efficiency
continued to receive a lukewarm reception from the board.
lull n. 1 pause, respite, interlude, intermission, interval, break,
hiatus, interruption, stop, halt, lapse, delay, Literary
caesura, Colloq let-up: After a brief lull, the hurricane
resumed in all its ferocity. 2 quiet, quiescence, hush, calm,
calmness, stillness, silence, peace, peacefulness, tranquillity:
There was a lull, then the noise of the artillery again
shattered the night.
--v. 3 soothe, calm, quiet, hush, pacify, mollify,
tranquillize: Do not let her sweet words lull you into a sense
of false security. I was lulled to sleep by the crickets and
the bees.
lumber n. 1 odds and ends, junk, clutter, jumble, rejects, white
elephants; rubbish, litter, Chiefly US trash: The small room
off the kitchen is for lumber. 2 timber, wood, beams, planks,
boards, wood: I have ordered the lumber for building the
garage.
--v. 3 encumber, burden, load, overload, saddle, impose upon,