Sunday, September 7, 2008

L

Labyrinth maze

Lacerate tear, cut

Lachrymose tearful

Lackey servant

Laconic brief, terse

Lactic derived from milk

Lacuna a missing part, gap

Laggard loafer, slacker

Lagniappe bonus

Laity laymen

Lambent softly radiant

Lament mourn

Lamina layer

Lampoon satirize

Languish weaken

Lanyard short rope

Larceny theft

Largess generous donation

Lascivious lustful

Lassitude lethargy

Latent potential, dormant

Laudatory commendable

Laurels fame, success

Lave wash

Lavish extravagant

Lax loose, careless

Laxity carelessness

Layman nonprofessional

Lectern reading desk

Leery cautious, doubtful

Legacy bequest

Legerdemain trickery

Legible readable

Legislate make laws

Legitimate lawful

Lenient forgiving

Lethargic drowsy, sluggish

Levee embankment, dam

Leviathan a monster

Levity frivolity

Liable legally responsible

Liaison relationship, affair

Libertarian one who believes in complete freedom

Libertine roué, rake

Libidinous lustful

Licentious lewd, immoral

Lien financial claim

lieutenant one who acts in place of another

ligature bond

ligneous woodlike

Lilliputian very small

Limerick poem

Limn portray, describe

Limpid transparent, clearly understood

linchpin something that is indispensable

lineage ancestry

linguistics study of language

liquidate eliminate

lissome agile, supple

listless lacking spirit or interest

litany list

lithe supple

litigate contest with a lawsuit

litotes two negative statement that cancel to make a positive statement

liturgy ceremony

livid enraged

loath reluctant

loathe abhor, dislike

lofty high

logistics means of supplying troops

logo symbol

logy sluggish

loquacious talkative

lothario rake, womanizer

lout goon, hoodlum

lucid clearly understood

lucrative profitable

lucre money, profit

ludicrous absurd

lugubrious extremely sad

luminous bright

lupine wolf-like

lure entice

lurid ghastly, sensational

luster gloss,sheen

luxuriant lush, lavish

lynch to execute by hanging without a trial

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