L words

Question 1

lacuna

Answer 1

an unfilled space or interval; a gap.

Question 2

lade

Answer 2

load (a ship or other vessel).

Question 3

lampoon

Answer 3

publicly criticize (someone or something) by using ridicule, irony, or sarcasm.

Question 4

landside

Answer 4

The flat side of a plow opposite the furrow.

Question 5

languid

Answer 5

slow and relaxed, sometimes due to illness

Question 6

lark

Answer 6

(of behavior) playful and mischievous; or a songbird

Question 7

latchstring

Answer 7

a string on a latch that may be left hanging outside the door to permit the raising of the latch from the outside or drawn inside to prevent intrusion

Question 8

lavish

Answer 8

abundant; free with money, prodigal, extravagant

Question 9

leaf peeper

Answer 9

a person who visits particular areas, especially in New England, to view the autumn foliage.

Question 10

legerdemain

Answer 10

skillful use of one’s hands when performing conjuring tricks.

Question 11

leitmotif

Answer 11

a recurrent theme throughout a musical or literary composition, associated with a particular person, idea, or situation.

Question 12

levity

Answer 12

lightness of behavior or feeling

Question 13

lexicon

Answer 13

the vocabulary of a person, language, or branch of knowledge.

Question 14

li

Answer 14

a Chinese unit of distance

Question 15

lithe

Answer 15

flexible, limber

Question 16

loathe

Answer 16

to hate, scorn, deplore

Question 17

lore

Answer 17

a body of traditions and knowledge on a subject or held by a particular group, typically passed from person to person by word of mouth.

Question 18

Lothario

Answer 18

a man who behaves selfishly and irresponsibly in his sexual relationships with women.

Question 19

lurid

Answer 19

very vivid in color, esp. so as to create an unpleasantly harsh or unnatural effect

Question 20

lye

Answer 20

a strongly alkaline solution, esp. of potassium hydroxide, used for washing or cleansing

Question 21

lyre

Answer 21

a stringed instrument like a small U-shaped harp with strings fixed to a crossbar, used esp. in ancient Greece. Modern instruments of this type are found mainly in East Africa