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barrons letter l
barrons letter l words
| Term | Definition |
|---|---|
| labile | likely to change; unstable; Ex. emotionally labile; N. lability |
| laborious | demanding much work or care; tedious |
| labyrinth | maze |
| laceration | torn ragged wound; V. lacerate: tear (the skin as with broken glass); wound |
| rip | tear or be torn quickly and violently; Ex. The sail ripped under the force of the wind; N. |
| rag | scrap of cloth; ADJ. ragged: old and torn; seeming unfinished and imperfect; Ex. ragged debut/performance |
| lachrymose | producing tears; tearful |
| lackadaisical | lacking interest or effort; lacking purpose or zest; lazy; halfhearted; languid |
| halfhearted | exhibiting little interest or enthusiasm |
| lackluster | lacking luster(shine; gloss); dull |
| laconic | brief and to the point; using few words; terse |
| laggard | slow; sluggish; N: one who lags; straggler |
| lag | move or develop more slowly; straggle; Ex. lag behind the rest; N. |
| straggle | stray or fall behind (a main group); spread out in a scattered group; Ex. straggling marathon racer; Ex. straggling branch |
| lagoon | shallow body of water or lake near a sea; lake separated from a sea by sandbars or coral reefs |
| laity | laypersons; laymen; persons not connected with the clergy |
| layman | man who is not a cleric; man who is nonprofessional |
| lament | grieve; express sorrow; N. lamentation |
| lampoon | ridicule; N: written attack ridiculing or satirizing a person, group, or institution |
| lancet | small surgical tool for making incisions |
| lance | pierce with a lance; cut into; N: spearlike weapon |
| languid | lacking energy or vitality; weary; sluggish; listless |
| languish | lose animation or strength |
| languor | lack of physical or mental energy; lassitude; depression |
| lank | long and thin; Ex. Lank, gaunt, Abraham Lincoln |
| 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 |
| larceny | theft; Ex. petit larceny |
| larder | pantry; place where food is kept |
| largess | generous gift (given to people who do not have enough) |
| lascivious | lustful |
| lust | intense sexual desire; intense eagerness; V. |
| lassitude | languor; weariness; listlessness |
| latent | present but not yet noticeable or active; dormant; hidden; N. latency; CF. potential |
| lateral | of or coming from the side |
| latitude | freedom from narrow limitations |
| laud | praise; N. ADJ. laudable: praiseworthy; ADJ. laudatory: expressing praise |
| lavish | liberal; wasteful; generous or wasteful in giving or using; abundant; profuse; great; Ex. decorated lavishly; V. give in abundance |
| lax | careless; negligent; not paying enough attention; Ex. lax service |
| leaven | add leaven to; cause to rise or grow lighter; enliven; N: agent, such as yeast, that causes dough to rise (by fermentation); element that lightens or enlivens |
| enliven | make lively or spirited; animate |
| lechery | gross lewdness; lustfulness; ADJ. lecherous; N. lecher: lecherous man |
| lectern | reading desk or stand for a public speaker |
| leery | (of someone) suspicious; wary; cautious |
| leeway | room to move; margin; latitude; Ex. leeway for the deadline |
| margin | border; room; allowance beyond what is needed; Ex. margin of safety |
| marginal | of a margin; barely within a limit; Ex. marginal effect/writing ability |
| legacy | gift made by a will; something handed down from an ancestor |
| legend | explanatory list of symbols on a map |
| legerdemain | sleight(dexterity) of hand; CF. light of hand |
| leniency | mildness; permissiveness; ADJ. lenient: not severe in judgment or punishment |
| permissive | allowing much freedom; lenient; Ex. permissive society |
| leonine | like a lion |
| lethal | deadly |
| lethargic | drowsy; dull; N. lethargy: state of sluggishness and inactivity |
| levee | earthen or stone embankment to prevent flooding; CF. raise |
| levitate | rise and float in the air (especially by magical means); CF. light |
| levity | lack of seriousness or steadiness; frivolity; lightness of manner |
| levy | impose (a fine); collect (a payment); impose or collect (a tax); Ex. levy a tax on tobacco |
| lewd | lustful |
| lexicographer | compiler of a dictionary; CF. lexicography: work of compiling a dictionary |
| lexicon | dictionary |
| liability | drawback; handicap; debts; obligation; responsibility; condition of being liable; ADJ. liable: likely; responsible (for paying) |
| liaison | contact that keeps parties in communication; communication between groups; one that maintains communication; go-between; secret love affair; V. liaise: keep a connection |
| libel | defamatory written statement; act of writing something that smears a person's character; V. ADJ. libelous |
| libertine | debauched person; dissolute or licentious person; rou\'e; CF. free |
| rou\'e | lecherous man |
| libidinous | lustful |
| libido | psychic and emotional energy or urges behind human activity; sexual desire |
| libretto | text of an opera or oratorio; CF. book |
| licentious | amoral; lewd and lascivious; unrestrained |
| license | official or legal permission; latitude of action or speech; excessive freedom that causes harm or damage; V. |
| lien | legal claim or right on a property |
| ligneous | like wood |
| lilliputian | extremely small; CF. Lilliput in Gulliver's Travels |
| limber | flexible; supple; pliable; V. |
| limbo | region near heaven or hell where certain souls are kept; prison (slang); Ex. Purgatory and Limbo |
| abode | dwelling place; home |
| abide | dwell; abide by: comply with; put up with; tolerate; Ex. abide by the rules; Ex. I can't abide rude people. |
| limn | draw; outline; describe; CF. line ? |
| limpid | crystal clear |
| lineage | descent; ancestry |
| lineaments | features especially of the face; distinctive shape or contour of the face; CF. line |
| feature | distinctive part of the faces (as the eyes or mouth); features: overall appearance of the face; prominent or distinctive quality; prominent article; film; V: make prominent |
| linger | loiter or dawdle; be slow in leaving; delay going; continue or persist; be slow to disappear; Ex. The smell lingered for days. |
| persist | continue in existence; last; continue in a course of action in spite of opposition; Ex. persist in/with something; ADJ. persistent |
| linguistic | pertaining to language |
| lionize | treat (a person) as a celebrity |
| liquidate | settle accounts; pay off (a debt); clear up; eliminate; kill or abolish |
| list | tilt (as of a ship); lean over (to one side) |
| listless | lacking in spirit or energy; languid |
| litany | supplicatory prayer; prayer in which the priest calls out and the people replies in the same words |
| lithe | flexible; supple; CF. limber |
| willowy | flexible; pliant; slender; CF. willow |
| litigation | lawsuit; N. litigant: one party in a lawsuit; V. litigate |
| litotes | understatement for emphasis; Ex. ``not bad(=pretty good)'' |
| understate | state with less truth than seems warranted by the facts; Ex. He understated the seriousness of the crime; N. understatement; OP. overstate |
| livid | lead-colored; black and blue (as from a bruise); ashen; enraged; extremely angry |
| loath | reluctant; unwilling; disinclined; Ex. Romeo and Juliet were both loath for him to go. |
| loathe | detest; ADJ. loathsome: arousing loathing; offensive; Ex. loathsome smell |
| lode | metal-bearing vein(long deposit of an ore) |
| lofty | very high |
| loft | room or space under the roof; attic |
| log | record of a voyage or flight; record of day-to-day activities; section of a trunk; V. |
| loiter | hang about/around; stand idly about; linger |
| loll | lounge about |
| lounge | stand, sit, or lie in a lazy, relaxed way |
| longevity | long life; long duration |
| loom | appear or take shape (usually in an enlarged, indistinct, or distorted form); Ex. The shadow of the gallows loomed threateningly. N: apparatus for making thread into cloth |
| gallows | framework from which a noose is suspended (used for execution by hanging) |
| noose | loop formed in a rope |
| lope | gallop slowly |
| loquacious | talkative; N. loquacity |
| lout | clumsy person; ADJ. loutish; CF. from countrysides ? |
| low | moo; make the sound of a cow |
| lubricate | apply a lubricant to; N. lubricant: substance that reduces friction |
| lucid | easily understood; clear; intelligible; N. lucidity |
| lucrative | profitable; producing wealth |
| lucre | money; profit; Ex. filthy lucre |
| filth | dirty matter; ADJ. filthy |
| ludicrous | laughable; ridiculous; trifling |
| lugubrious | mournful; sorrowful |
| 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 |
| lumber | move heavily or clumsily; Ex. The bear lumbered through the woods; N: timber |
| lumen | unit of light energy (one candle's worth) |
| luminary | celebrity (in a specific field); dignitary; object that gives light (as a celestial body) |
| dignitary | person of high rank or position |
| luminous | shining (esp. in the dark); issuing light; Ex. luminous paint/road signs |
| lunar | pertaining to the moon |
| lunatic | insane; Ex. lunatic asylum |
| lurid | wild; sensational; graphic; gruesome; horrible; Ex. lurid details of the murder |
| lurk | stealthily lie in waiting; slink; exist unperceived |
| slink | move furtively; ADJ. slinky: stealthy; furtive; sneaky (as in ambush) |
| luscious | pleasing to taste or smell; delicious |
| luster | shine; gloss (of a polished surface) |
| lustrous | shining; brilliant; Ex. lustrous hair |
| luxuriant | abundant; growing healthily and in large amounts; excessively ornate; rich and splendid; fertile; Ex. luxuriant forests/prose; CF. luxurious, luxuriate |
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