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Word List 28
Lagoon - Loquacious
| Word | Answer |
|---|---|
| Lagoon | shallow body of water near a sea; lake |
| Laity | laypersons; persons not connected with the clergy |
| Lambaste | to beat; to thrash verbally or physically |
| Lament | to grieve; to express sorrow |
| Lampoon | to ridicule |
| Lancet | small surgical tool for making incisions |
| Languid | weary; sluggish; listless |
| Languish | to lose animation or strength |
| Languor | lassitude; depression |
| Lank | long and thin |
| Lap | to take in food or drink with one’s tongue; splash gently |
| Larceny | theft |
| Larder | pantry; place where food is kept |
| Largess | generous gift |
| Lascivious | lustful |
| Lassitude | languor; weariness |
| Latent | potential but undeveloped; dormant; hidden |
| Lateral | freedom from narrow limitations |
| Laud | to praise |
| Lavish | liberal; wasteful |
| Lax | careless |
| Leaven | to cause to rise or grow lighter; enliven |
| Lechery | gross lewdness; lustfulness |
| Lectern | reading desk |
| Leery | suspicious; cautious |
| Leeway | room to move; margin |
| Legacy | a gift made by a will |
| Legend | explanatory list of symbols on a map |
| Legerdemain | sleight of hand |
| Leniency | mildness; permissiveness |
| Leonine | like a lion |
| Lethal | deadly |
| Lethargic | drowsy; dull |
| Levee | earthen or stone embankment to prevent flooding |
| Levitate | to float in the air |
| Levity | lack of seriousness |
| Levy | to impose (a fine); to collect (a payment) |
| Lewd | lustful |
| Lexicographer | compiler of a dictionary |
| Lexicon | dictionary |
| Liability | drawback; debts |
| Liaison | contact that keeps parties in communication; go*between; secret love affair |
| Libel | defamatory statement; act of writing something that smears a person’s character |
| Libertine | debauched person, roué |
| Libidinous | lustful |
| Libido | emotional urges behind human activity |
| Libretto | text of an opera |
| Licentious | amoral; lewd and lascivious; unrestrained |
| Lien | legal claim on a property |
| Ligneous | like wood |
| Lilliputian | extremely small |
| Limber | flexible |
| Limbo | region near heaven or hell where certain souls are kept; a prison (slang) |
| Limn | to draw; to outline; to describe |
| Limpid | clear |
| Lineage | descent; ancestry |
| Lineaments | features, especially of the face |
| Linger | to loiter or dawdle; to continue or persist |
| Linguistic | pertaining to language |
| Lionize | to treat as a celebrity |
| Liquidate | to settle accounts; clear up |
| List | to tilt; to lean over |
| Listless | lacking in spirit or energy |
| Litany | a prayer consisting of a series of invocations and supplications by the leader with alternate responses by the congregation |
| Lithe | flexible; supple |
| Litigation | lawsuit |
| Litotes | understatement in which an affirmative is expressed by the negative of the contrary (as in “not a bad singer” or “not unhappy”) |
| Livid | lead-colored; black and blue; ashen; enraged |
| Loath | reluctant; disinclined |
| Loathe | detest |
| Lode | an ore deposit |
| Lofty | very high |
| Log | record of a voyage or flight; record of day-to-day activities |
| Loiter | to hang around; to linger |
| Loll | to lounge about |
| Longevity | long life |
| Loom | to appear or to take shape |
| Lope | to gallop slowly |
| Loquacious | talkative |
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