Largess: generous donation
Example: [beneficiary of the millionaire’s largesse]
Larynx: organ containing vocal cords
Lascivious: lewd Lustful
Example: [a lascivious smile]
Lassie: A little lass.
Lassitude: lethargy
Example: [they are blaming the company’s problems on the lassitude of the managing director]
Latency: The state of being dormant.
Latent: present but hidden potential
Example: [the latent artistic talents that many people possess]
Later: At a subsequent time.
Lateral: sideways
Example: [lateral thinking]
Lateral Thinking: thinking which seeks new ways of looking at a problem
Example: [Edward DeBono popularized the term “lateral thinking“]
Latish: Rather late.
Latitude: freedom from narrow limitations
Example: [you have permitted your son too much latitude in this matter]
Lattice: ornamental framework, structure of crisscrossing strips of wood or metal, an arrangement of points throughout an area, a crisscross pattern of lines
Example: [The centre basket in this sampler is worked in lines of chain-stitching crossing each other lattice fashion. He flung him off, and sent him crashing into the rosebush and the lattice over which it rambled]
Laud: To praise in words or song.
Laudable: Praiseworthy
Example: [a laudable aim]
Laudation: High praise.
Laudatory: commendable
Example: [the laudatory comments by the critics]
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Laundress: washer woman, a working woman who launders clothes
Example: [This mother never had a servant-girl, a laundress or a dressmaker]
Laureate: Crowned with laurel as a mark of distinction.
Laurels: fame
Example: [the laurels must surely go to the director of the play]
Lave: wash
Example: [the running water will lave all stains]
Lavish: to give plentiful amounts of
Example: [lavish gifts]
Lawgiver: A legislator.
Lawmaker: A legislator.
Lax: careless loose
Example: [the lax security]
Laxative: Having power to open or loosen the bowels.
Layman: nonprofessional
Example: [in layman‘s terms]
Lea: A field.
Leaflet: A little leaf or a booklet.
Leaven: To make light by fermentation as dough.
Lecherous: unchaste lustful
Example: [he indulged in lechery in his youth and in his old age also]
Lectern: reading desk
Example: [he delivered a sermon from a lectern]
Leery: doubting, suspicious, wary, distrustful
Example: [Their emotions are mostly expressed by indeterminable, leery grins. They are leery of transferring any nuclear technology to another nation]
Leeward: the side that is protected from the wind, protected from the wind
Example: [on the leeward side of the island/coastline/mountain]
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Leeway: margin room to move
Example: [when you set a deadline, allow a little leeway]
Left-Handed: Using the left hand or arm more dexterously than the right.
Legacy: A bequest
Example: [The war left a legacy of hatred]
Legalize: To give the authority of law to.
Legerdemain: trickery
Example: [the magician demonstrated his legerdemain]
Legging: A covering for the leg.
Legible: readable
Example: [his handwriting is barely legible]
Legionary: A member of an ancient Roman legion or of the modern French Legion of Honor.
Legislate: make laws
Legislative: That makes or enacts laws.
Legislator: A lawgiver.
Legitimacy: Accordance with law.
Legitimate: lawful
Example: [The army must give power back to the legitimate government]
Leisure: Spare time.
Leniency: Forbearance
Example: [The defending lawyer asked for leniency on the grounds of her client’s youth]
Lenient: permissive forgiving
Example: [They believe that judges are too lenient with terrorist suspects]
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