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Vocabulary 4000 - Noel's ESL eBook Library

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54 <strong>Vocabulary</strong> <strong>4000</strong><br />

lagniappe bonus<br />

laity laymen<br />

lambent softly radiant<br />

lament mourn<br />

lamina layer<br />

lampoon satirize<br />

languish weaken<br />

lanyard short rope<br />

larceny theft<br />

largess generous donation<br />

lascivious lustful<br />

lassitude lethargy<br />

latent potential, dormant<br />

laudatory commendable<br />

laurels fame, success<br />

lave wash<br />

lavish extravagant<br />

lax loose, careless<br />

laxity carelessness<br />

layman nonprofessional<br />

lectern reading desk<br />

leery cautious, doubtful<br />

legacy bequest<br />

legerdemain trickery<br />

legible readable<br />

legislate make laws<br />

legitimate lawful<br />

lenient forgiving<br />

lethargic drowsy, sluggish<br />

levee embankment, dam<br />

leviathan a monster<br />

levity frivolity<br />

liable legally responsible<br />

liaison relationship, affair<br />

libertarian one who believes in<br />

complete freedom<br />

libertine roué, rake<br />

libidinous lustful<br />

licentious lewd, immoral<br />

lien financial claim<br />

lieutenant one who acts in place of<br />

another<br />

ligature bond<br />

ligneous woodlike<br />

Lilliputian very small<br />

limerick poem<br />

limn portray, describe<br />

limpid transparent, clearly<br />

understood<br />

linchpin something that is<br />

indispensable<br />

lineage ancestry<br />

linguistics study of language<br />

liquidate eliminate<br />

lissome agile, supple<br />

listless lacking spirit or interest<br />

litany list<br />

lithe supple<br />

litigate contest with a lawsuit

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