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lacerate v. To tear rudely or raggedly.
lackadaisical adj. Listless.
languid adj. Relaxed.
languor n. Lassitude of body or depression.
lapse n. A slight deviation from what is right, proper, or just.
latent adj. Dormant.
lateral adj. Directed toward the side.
lattice n. Openwork of metal or wood, formed by crossing or interlacing strips or bars.
laud v. To praise in words or song.
laureate adj. Crowned with laurel, as a mark of distinction.
lea n. A field.
leaven v. To make light by fermentation, as dough.
leeward n. That side or direction toward which the wind blows.
levity n. Frivolity.
lexicographer n. One who makes dictionaries.
lexicon n. A dictionary.
liberate v. To set free or release from bondage.
licentious adj. Wanton.
liege adj. Sovereign.
lien n. A legal claim or hold on property, as security for a debt or charge.
lieu n. Stead.
ligament n. That which binds objects together.
ligature n. Anything that constricts, or serves for binding or tying.
ligneous adj. Having the texture of appearance of wood.
liner n. A vessel belonging to a steamship-line.
liniment n. A liquid preparation for rubbing on the skin in cases of bruises, inflammation, etc.
liquidate v. To deliver the amount or value of.
lithe adj. Supple.
lithograph n. A print made by printing from stone.
litigant n. A party to a lawsuit.
littoral adj. Of, pertaining to, or living on a shore.
liturgy n. A ritual.
livid adj. Black-and-blue, as contused flesh.
lode n. A somewhat continuous unstratified metal- bearing vein.
lodgment n. The act of furnishing with temporary quarters.
loquacious adj. Talkative.
lough n. A lake or loch.
louse n. A small insect parasitic on and sucking the blood of mammals.
lucid adj. Mentally sound.
lucrative adj. Highly profitable.
luminary n. One of the heavenly bodies as a source of light.
lunacy n. Mental unsoundness.
luxuriance n. Excessive or superfluous growth or quantity.
lyre n. One of the most ancient of stringed instruments of the harp class.