Vocabulary Words Starting With L

Needing a great deal of time and hard work, often in a slow or tiring way.

Extremely complicated and winding, like the passages of a maze.

Using very few words; terse.

To criticize someone harshly and publicly.

To express deep sorrow or regret, often openly, about a loss or disappointment.

To mock or ridicule someone or something through exaggerated satire.

Slow-moving and relaxed, lacking energy or urgency.

Generous giving, especially of money or gifts, often from someone wealthy or powerful.

A state of physical or mental weariness and lack of energy.

Present but hidden or undeveloped, not yet showing itself.

To praise highly, especially in a formal or public way.

Given or spent in great, extravagant abundance.

Skillful deception or trickery, especially sleight of hand.

Allowed by law or by accepted standards and rules; genuine and reasonable.

Not strict, and willing to be gentle or forgiving when judging or punishing someone.

Sluggish and lacking energy, often due to tiredness or illness.

The power or advantage gained by using a particular resource or strategy effectively.

A light, humorous treatment of a situation that might otherwise feel heavy or serious.

Legally responsible for something, or likely to experience or do something.

To stay somewhere or remain present for longer than necessary or expected.

Lacking energy or enthusiasm, indifferent to activity.

Extremely angry, or having a bluish-grey, bruised color.

Very high, either physically or in terms of ambition and ideals; sometimes overly proud.

The length of time something or someone lives or lasts.

Very talkative, often to an excessive degree.

Clear and easy to understand; also, clear-headed and coherent in thought.

Generating a substantial amount of profit or financial gain.

So absurd or unreasonable that it seems almost laughable.

Exaggeratedly or theatrically mournful, beyond what a situation calls for.