LASS

 LASS: (also lassie) 
■ noun chiefly Scottish & N. English a girl or young woman. 

Eg. Things were different when she was a lass. 

LAD

LAD:
■ noun
 informal a boy or young man. 
▶(lads) Brit. a group of men sharing recreational or working interests. 
▶Brit. a boisterously macho or high-spirited man.
 Brit. a stable worker (regardless of age or sex).
  laddish adjective laddishness noun

      Eg. That Chris is a bit of a lad, isn't he?

LUCRATIVE

LUCRATIVE: 

■ Adj. 

Profitable; moneymaking; remunerative

eg. She signed a very lucrative contract with the basketball association.

LAUD

LAUD:

 ■ verb

 To give praise to; glorify.

eg. Lauded by the critics, he still isn't a household name.

LUCID

LUCID:

 ■ Adj.

Easily understood; intelligible;Capable of thinking and expressing yourself in a clear and consistent manner.

Clear.

eg.The essay was very lucidly written.

LUSTROUS

LUSTROUS:

 ■ Adj.

Having a sheen or glow;shining; bright; glorious;glossy.

eg. Lustrous beauty with timeless elegance, sapphires are a unique gift that can be treasured forever.

LEGERDEMAIN

 LEGERDEMAIN:

 ■ noun

Sleights of hand;
A trick or set of tricks performed by a juggler or magician so quickly and deftly that the manner of execution cannot be observed;
Skill in performing conjuring tricks.

eg.The banker's cunning legerdemain enabled him to steal from his customers for many years.

LAMENT

LAMENT: 

 ■ Verb
To express grief for or about; mourn;To regret deeply; deplore

■ noun
A feeling or an expression of grief; a lamentation.

 eg.We lamented the death of the child.

LARGESS

LARGESS:

 ■ noun

Liberality in bestowing gifts, especially in a lofty or condescending manner.

Money or gifts bestowed.
Generosity of spirit or attitude.

 eg.Bill Gates should be complimented for his largess in giving so much money to medical research.

LANCET

LANCET: 

 ■ noun

A surgical knife with a short, wide, pointed double-edged blade, used especially for making punctures and small incisions.

Also A lancet arch;A lancet window.

eg. The nurse used a lancet to extract just a drop of blood from the patient's finger.

LONGEVITY

LONGEVITY: 

■ noun

Long life; great duration of life;Length or duration of life.

Long duration or continuance, as in an occupation

eg. The quality, not the longevity, of one's life is what is important.

LOQUACIOUS

LOQUACIOUS: 


 ■ Adj.
 Very talkative; garrulous;Full of trivial conversation.

 ■ noun.
 loquacity.

eg.I prefer tongue-tied knowledge to ignorant loquacity.

LAGOON

LAGOON: 

 ■ noun
A shallow body of water, especially one separated from a sea by sandbars or coral reefs.

eg.The Maldives is an enchanted paradise on the equator, a necklace of tiny palm studded coral islands, surrounded by sparkling lagoons.

LITHE

LITHE:

■Adj.

Moving and bending with ease.Flexible and supple.Marked by effortless grace.

eg. Gymnasts must be quite lithe to do all of their routines.

LAMPOON

 LAMPOON:

 ■Verb

Ridicule with satire.A written attack ridiculing a person, group, or institution.

eg.The writer lampooned the politician's proposal.

LINGUISTIC

LINGUISTIC:

■ Adj.

Of or relating to language. 

eg.The line-up was not linguistic, but religious.  

LURID

LURID:

■ Adj. 

Causing shock or horror; gruesome.Marked by sensationalism;Glaringly vivid and graphic.

eg. There was a lurid story about that section of town in the newspaper yesterday.

LIBRETTO

 LIBRETTO:

■ noun  

The text of a dramatic musical work,opera. 

eg.The libretto was very well sung during the opera performance.

LEXICOGRAPHER

 LEXICOGRAPHER:

  ■ noun

 One who writes, compiles, or edits a dictionary.

eg.Unlike most modern lexicographers, Johnson introduced humor or prejudice into many of his definitions.

LEVITATE

LEVITATE: 

■ Verb

Cause to rise in the air and float, as if in defiance of gravity .

eg. The guru claimed that he could levitate.