Words Starting With L
39 SAT and GRE words beginning with L. Each links to its full entry with a definition, an example sentence and related words.
- Labyrinthnoun
a complex system of interconnecting cavities; concerned with hearing and equilibrium
- Lachrymoseadjective
showing sorrow
- Lackadaisicaladjective
idle or indolent especially in a dreamy way; ; - P.G.Wodehouse
- Laconicadjective
brief and to the point; effectively cut short
- Lambasteverb
censure severely or angrily
- Lamentnoun
a song or hymn of mourning composed or performed as a memorial to a dead person
- Languidadjective
lacking spirit or liveliness
- Languishverb
have a desire for something or someone who is not present
- Larcenynoun
the act of taking something from someone unlawfully
- Largessnoun
a gift or money given (as for service or out of benevolence); usually given ostentatiously
- Lassitudenoun
a state of comatose torpor (as found in sleeping sickness)
- Latentadjective
potentially existing but not presently evident or realized
- Laudverb
praise, glorify, or honor
- Laudableadjective
worthy of high praise
- Lavishverb
expend profusely; also used with abstract nouns
- Laxadjective
pronounced with muscles of the tongue and jaw relatively relaxed (e.g., the vowel sound in `bet')
- Legerdemainnoun
an illusory feat; considered magical by naive observers
- Lethargicadjective
deficient in alertness or activity
- Lethargynoun
a state of comatose torpor (as found in sleeping sickness)
- Levitynoun
feeling an inappropriate lack of seriousness
- Lexiconnoun
a reference book containing an alphabetical list of words with information about them
- Liaisonnoun
a usually secretive or illicit sexual relationship
- Libelnoun
the written statement of a plaintiff explaining the cause of action (the defamation) and any relief he seeks
- Liberalnoun
a person who favors a political philosophy of progress and reform and the protection of civil liberties
- Licentiousadjective
lacking moral discipline; especially sexually unrestrained
- Limpidadjective
(of language) transparently clear; easily understandable; ; ; - Robert Burton
- Linchpinnoun
pin inserted through an axletree to hold a wheel on
- Lionizeverb
assign great social importance to
- Listlessadjective
marked by low spirits; showing no enthusiasm
- Litheadjective
moving and bending with ease
- Litigateverb
institute legal proceedings against; file a suit against
- Loatheverb
find repugnant
- Loquaciousadjective
full of trivial conversation
- Lucidadjective
(of language) transparently clear; easily understandable; ; ; - Robert Burton
- Lucrativeadjective
producing a sizeable profit
- Ludicrousadjective
broadly or extravagantly humorous; resembling farce
- Lugubriousadjective
excessively mournful
- Luminousadjective
softly bright or radiant
- Luridadjective
shining with an unnatural red glow as of fire seen through smoke