laborious: painstaking, tedious lachrymose: producing tears laconic: brief and to the point lament: express sorrow, grieve lampoon: ridicule languid: listless, weary, sluggish larceny: theft lascivious: lustful latent: hidden, concealed laud: praise lavish: plentiful, abundant leonine: like a lion lethargic: dull, drowsy levity: lack of steadiness or seriousness levy: impose liaison: association, connection libidinous: lustful | lien: legal claim on a property lilliputian: extremely small limpid: clear liquidate: clear up, settle accounts listless: lacking in energy or spirit lithe: supple, flexible litigation: lawsuit livid: enraged, furious loath: unwilling, reluctant loathe: dislike, detest loiter: linger, hang around lucid: intelligible, easily understood, clear ludicrous: ridiculous loquacious: talkative |