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- loiter
- hang about/around; stand idly about; linger
- lucre
- money; profit; Ex. filthy lucre
- lien
- legal claim or right on a property
- latitude
- freedom from narrow limitations
- languid
- lacking energy or vitality; weary; sluggish; listless
- lumen
- unit of light energy
- labile
- likely to change; unstable; Ex. emotionally labile; N. lability
- limn
- draw; outline; describe; CF. line ?
- lethal
- deadly
- listless
- lacking in spirit or energy; languid
- low
- moo; make the sound of a cow
- lucrative
- profitable; producing wealth
- longevity
- long life; long duration
- luscious
- pleasing to taste or smell; delicious
- larceny
- theft; Ex. petit larceny
- levy
- impose ; collect ; impose or collect ; Ex. levy a tax on tobacco
- lumber
- move heavily or clumsily; Ex. The bear lumbered through the woods; N: timber
- lineaments
- features especially of the face; distinctive shape or contour of the face; CF. line
- lout
- clumsy person; ADJ. loutish; CF. from countrysides ?
- leaven
- add leaven to; cause to rise or grow lighter; enliven; N: agent, such as yeast, that causes dough to rise ; element that lightens or enlivens
- laceration
- torn ragged wound; V. lacerate: tear ; wound
- lustrous
- shining; brilliant; Ex. lustrous hair
- lethargic
- drowsy; dull; N. lethargy: state of sluggishness and inactivity
- leonine
- like a lion
- log
- record of a voyage or flight; record of day-to-day activities; section of a trunk; V.
- laconic
- brief and to the point; using few words; terse
- lithe
- flexible; supple; CF. limber
- limbo
- region near heaven or hell where certain souls are kept; prison ; Ex. Purgatory and Limbo
- lectern
- reading desk or stand for a public speaker
- levee
- earthen or stone embankment to prevent flooding; CF. raise
- legacy
- gift made by a will; something handed down from an ancestor
- litigation
- lawsuit; N. litigant: one party in a lawsuit; V. litigate
- labyrinth
- maze
- lunar
- pertaining to the moon
- limpid
- crystal clear
- largess
- generous gift
- ligneous
- like wood
- lascivious
- lustful
- lateral
- of or coming from the side
- lilliputian
- extremely small; CF. Lilliput in Gulliver"s Travels
- luster
- shine; gloss
- libretto
- text of an opera or oratorio; CF. book
- libido
- psychic and emotional energy or urges behind human activity; sexual desire
- liability
- drawback; handicap; debts; obligation; responsibility; condition of being liable; ADJ. liable: likely; responsible
- licentious
- amoral; lewd and lascivious; unrestrained
- lode
- metal-bearing vein
- loath
- reluctant; unwilling; disinclined; Ex. Romeo and Juliet were both loath for him to go.
- libidinous
- lustful
- lap
- take in food or drink with one's tongue; splash gently; Ex. waves lapping the shore; N: front area from the waist to the knees of a seated person
- litany
- supplicatory prayer; prayer in which the priest calls out and the people replies in the same words
- legerdemain
- sleight of hand; CF. light of hand
- lax
- careless; negligent; not paying enough attention; Ex. lax service
- lucid
- easily understood; clear; intelligible; N. lucidity
- laity
- laypersons; laymen; persons not connected with the clergy
- laggard
- slow; sluggish; N: one who lags; straggler
- larder
- pantry; place where food is kept
- loathe
- detest; ADJ. loathsome: arousing loathing; offensive; Ex. loathsome smell
- libertine
- debauched person; dissolute or licentious person; roue; CF. free
- livid
- lead-colored; black and blue ; ashen; enraged; extremely angry
- languish
- lose animation or strength
- leery
- suspicious; wary; cautious
- lachrymose
- producing tears; tearful
- lackadaisical
- lacking interest or effort; lacking purpose or zest; lazy; halfhearted; languid
- lewd
- lustful
- luxuriant
- abundant; growing healthily and in large amounts; excessively ornate; rich and splendid; fertile; Ex. luxuriant forests/prose; CF. luxurious, luxuriate
- laud
- praise; N. ADJ. laudable: praiseworthy; ADJ. laudatory: expressing praise
- litotes
- understatement for emphasis; Ex. ``not bad""
- loquacious
- talkative; N. loquacity
- lugubrious
- mournful; sorrowful
- luminous
- shining ; issuing light; Ex. luminous paint/road signs
- lechery
- gross lewdness; lustfulness; ADJ. lecherous; N. lecher: lecherous man
- legend
- explanatory list of symbols on a map
- limber
- flexible; supple; pliable; V.
- lancet
- small surgical tool for making incisions
- lackluster
- lacking luster; dull
- lampoon
- ridicule; N: written attack ridiculing or satirizing a person, group, or institution
- lavish
- liberal; wasteful; generous or wasteful in giving or using; abundant; profuse; great; Ex. decorated lavishly; V. give in abundance
- lurk
- stealthily lie in waiting; slink; exist unperceived
- linguistic
- pertaining to language
- levity
- lack of seriousness or steadiness; frivolity; lightness of manner
- liaison
- contact that keeps parties in communication; communication between groups; one that maintains communication; go-between; secret love affair; V. liaise: keep a connection
- lineage
- descent; ancestry
- libel
- defamatory written statement; act of writing something that smears a person"s character; V. ADJ. libelous
- lagoon
- shallow body of water or lake near a sea; lake separated from a sea by sandbars or coral reefs
- loom
- appear or take shape ; Ex. The shadow of the gallows loomed threateningly. N: apparatus for making thread into cloth
- languor
- lack of physical or mental energy; lassitude; depression
- lank
- long and thin; Ex. Lank, gaunt, Abraham Lincoln
- luminary
- celebrity ; dignitary; object that gives light
- lassitude
- languor; weariness; listlessness
- loll
- lounge about
- latent
- present but not yet noticeable or active; dormant; hidden; N. latency; CF. potential
- lofty
- very high
- lexicographer
- compiler of a dictionary; CF. lexicography: work of compiling a dictionary
- leeway
- room to move; margin; latitude; Ex. leeway for the deadline
- lament
- grieve; express sorrow; N. lamentation
- lurid
- wild; sensational; graphic; gruesome; horrible; Ex. lurid details of the murder
- ludicrous
- laughable; ridiculous; trifling
- lull
- moment of calm; period of reduced activity; Ex. a lull in the rain; V: cause to become less active; cause to sleep or rest; Ex. lull the opponents into a false sense of security; CF. lullaby
- lope
- gallop slowly
- leniency
- mildness; permissiveness; ADJ. lenient: not severe in judgment or punishment
- levitate
- rise and float in the air ; CF. light
- lexicon
- dictionary
- laborious
- demanding much work or care; tedious