LandaBooks Word Quiz Answers: LMNOP Again?
- Something that’s ludicrous (from Latin lūdicrus, sportive) is laughable because it’s ridiculous. It’s ludicrous to try decreasing gun violence by allowing more people to carry guns—especially into places where alcohol is served.
- A malady (from Old French malade, sick, from Latin) is a disease or illness, especially one that’s chronic or recurring. He’s a hard-core misogynist—he says that a pretty girl is like a malady.
- Nugatory (from Latin nūgātōrius, worthless) means having no value, trifling. Some benighted souls consider word-study a nugatory pursuit.
- Oblique (from Latin oblīquus, slanting) means diagonal, slanting, indirect, not parallel to the axis. The command "right oblique, march" means to march off to the right at about a 45-degree angle.
- Something that’s permeable (from Latin permeāre to pass through) will let other substances go through it. The membrane is impermeable, so none of the liquid will seep through it.
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