| Term | Definition |
|---|
| lagoon | shallow body of water near a sea; lake |
| laity | laypersons; persons not connected with the clergy |
| lambaste | beat; thrash verbally or physically |
| lament | grieve; express sorrow |
| lampoon | ridicule |
| lancet | small surgical tool for making incision |
| languid | weary; sluggish; listless |
| languish | loose animation or strength |
| languor | lassitude; depression |
| lank | long and thin |
| lap | take in food or drink with one's tomgue; splash gently |
| larceny | theft |
| larder | pantry; place where food is kept |
| largess | generous gift |
| lascivious | lustful |
| lassitude | languor; weariness |
| latent | potential but undeveloped |
| lateral | coming from the side |
| latitude | freedom from narrow limitations |
| laud | praise |
| lavish | liberal; wasteful |
| lax | careless |
| leaven | cause to rise or grow lighter |
| lechery | gross lewdness; lustfulness |
| lectern | reading desk |
| leery | suspicious; cautious |
| leeway | room to move; margin |
| legacy | gift made by a will |
| legend | explainatory symbols on a map |
| legerdemain | sleight of a hand |
| leniency | permissiveness; mildness |
| lionine | like a lion |
| lethal | deadly |
| lethargic | drowsy; dull |
| levee | earthen or stone embankment to prevent flooding |
| levitate | float in the air |
| levity | lack of seriousness or steadiness |
| levy | impose (a fine); collect (a payment) |
| lewd | lustful, liscivious |
| lexicographer | complier of a dicionary |
| lexicon | dictionary |
| liability | debt; drawback |
| liaison | contact that keeps parties in communication ; secret love affair |
| libel | defamatory statement; act of writing something that smears a person's character |
| libertine | debauched person; roue` |
| libidinous | lustful, liscivious,lewd |
| libido | emotional urges behind human activity |
| libretto | text of an opera |
| licentious | amoral; lewd |
| lien | legal claim on a property |
| ligenous | like wood |
| lilliputian | extremely small |
| limber | flexible |
| limbo | place near heaven or hell where souls are kept; a prison |
| limn | descrine; outline; draw |
| limpid | clear |
| lineage | descent; ancestry |
| lineaments | features; specially of the face |
| linger | loiter |
| linguistic | pertaining to language |
| lionize | treat as a celebrity |
| liquidate | settle accounts; clear up |
| list | tilt; lean over |
| listless | lacking spirit or energy |
| litany | supplicatory prayor |
| lithe | flexible |
| litigation | lawsuit |
| litotes | understatement for emphasis |
| livid | ashen; lead-colored; black n blue; enraged |
| loath | reluctant; disinclined |
| loathe | detest |
| lode | metal-bearing vein |
| lofty | very high |
| log | record a voyage or flight; record of day to day activities |
| loiter | hang about; linger |
| loll | lounge about |
| longevity | long life |
| loom | appear or take shape |
| lope | gallop slowly |
| loquacious | talkative |
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