L-Word List

Question 1

Lacuna

Answer 1

(N)-an unfilled space or interval; a gap.

Question 2

Languor

Answer 2

(N)-the state or feeling, often pleasant, of tiredness or inertia.
-an oppressive stillness of the air.

Question 3

Lapidary

Answer 3

(Adj)-(of language) engraved on or suitable for engraving on stone and therefore elegant and concise.

Question 4

Lascivious

Answer 4

(Adj)(of a person, manner, or gesture) feeling or revealing an overt and often offensive sexual desire.

Question 5

Laud

Answer 5

(V)-to praise.

Question 6

Legerity

Answer 6

(N)-physical or mental quickness; nimbleness; agility.

Question 7

Lèse-majesté

Answer 7

(N)-the insulting of a monarch or other ruler; treason.

Question 8

Levity

Answer 8

(N)-humor or frivolity, especially the treatment of a serious matter with humor or in a manner lacking due respect.

Question 9

Licentious

Answer 9

(Adj)-promiscuous and unprincipled in sexual matters.

Question 10

Limpid

Answer 10

(Adj)-clear, transparent, or pellucid, as water, crystal, or air.

free from obscurity; lucid; clear.

completely calm; without distress or worry:

Question 11

Lugubrious

Answer 11

(Adj)-looking or sounding sad and dismal.

Question 12

Lysergic acid

Answer 12

(N)-A crystalline compound prepared from natural ergot alkaloids or synthetically, from which the drug LSD (lysergic acid diethylamide) can be made.