Labyrinth (n) a maze, something like a maze
Each of the fifty floors in the office building was a
labyrinth of dark corridors and narrow passageways.
Laconic (adj) using few words, especially to the point of
seeming rude
The manager’s laconic dismissal letter left the fired
employees feeling angry and hurt.
Lament (v) to mourn
From the balcony of the bullet-pocked hotel, the foreign
correspondents could hear hundreds of women and children lamenting the fallen
soldiers
Lamentable:
Lampoon (v) to satirize, to mock, to parody
The irreverent students mercilessly lampooned their Latin
teacher’s lisp in a skit at the school talent show.
Languish (V): to become weak, listless, or depressed
The formerly eager and vigorous accountant languished in her
tedious job at the international conglomerate.
Largess (n) generous giving of gifts. Generosity
Sam was marginally literate at best. Only the largess of his
uncle got sam into the Ivy league school.
Latent (adj): present but nto visible or apparent; potential
At four, Maria was a latent shopaholic; she learned to read
by browsing the descriptions in clothing catalogs
Laud (v) to praise, to applaud, to extol, to celebrate
The bank manager lauded the hero who trapped the escaping
robber. The local newspaper published a laudatory editorial on this intrepid
individual.
Legacy (N) something handed down from the past, a bequest
The legacy of the corrupt administration was chaos,
bankruptcy.
Lethargy (n): sluggishness; laziness; drowsiness;
indifference
After a busy week of sports the student relished the
lethargy of Saturday morning.
Levity (n): lightness; frivolity; unseriousness
The speaker’s levity was not appreciated by the convention
of funeral directors, who felt that a convention of funeral directors was no
place to tell jokes.
Levitate
Libel (n) a written or published
falsehood that injures the reputation of, defames, someone
The executive said that the
newspaper had committed libel when it called him a stinking, no-good, corrupt,
incompetent, overpaid, lying, worthless moron.
: Slander someone
Litigate (V) to try in court, to
engage in legal proceedings
When the company was unable to
recover its money outside of court, its only options was to litigate.
Loquacious (adj) talking a lot or
too much
The child was surprisingly
loquacious for one so small.
Lucid (adj) clear, easy to
understand
The professor’s explanation of the
theory of relativity was so astonishingly lucid tat even I could understand it.
Elucidate –make it clear
Lugubrious (adj) exaggeratedly
mournful
Harry’s lugubrious eulogy at the
funeral of his dog eventually made everyone start giggling.
Luminous (adj) giving off light;
glowing; brigh
The moon was a luminous disk in
the cloudy nighttime sky.
The snow on the ground appeared
eerily luminous at night- it seemed to glow.
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