IELTS VOCABULARY | LEARN ENGLISH | ENGLISH VOCABULARY
Laborious | adv. | Toilsome. |
Labyrinth | n. | A Maze. |
Lacerate | v. | To Tear Rudely Or Raggedly. |
Lackadaisical | adv. | Listless. |
Lactation | n. | The Secretion Of Milk. |
Lacteal | adv. | Milky. |
Lactic | adv. | Pertaining To Milk. |
Laddie | n. | A Lad. |
Ladle | n. | A Cup-Shaped Vessel With A Long Handle, Intended For Dipping Up And Pouring Liquids. |
Laggard | adv. | Falling Behind. |
Landholder | n. | Landowner. |
Landlord | n. | A Man Who Owns And Lets A Tenement Or Tenements. |
Landmark | n. | A Familiar Object In The Landscape Serving As A Guide To An Area Otherwise Easily Lost Track Of. |
Landscape | n. | A Rural View, Especially One Of Picturesque Effect, As Seen From A Distance Or An Elevatio |
Languid | adv. | Relaxed. |
Languor | n. | Lassitude Of Body Or Depressio |
Lapse | n. | A Slight Deviation From What Is Right, Proper, Or Just. |
Lascivious | adv. | Lustful. |
Lassie | n. | A Little Lass. |
Latency | n. | The State Of Being Dormant. |
Latent | adv. | Dormant. |
Later Ad | v. | At A Subsequent Time. |
Lateral | adv. | Directed Toward The Side. |
Latish | adv. | Rather Late. |
Lattice | n. | Openwork Of Metal Or Wood, Formed By Crossing Or Interlacing Strips Or Bars. |
Laud | v. | To Praise In Words Or Song. |
Laudable | adv. | Praiseworthy. |
Laudation | n. | High Praise. |
Laudatory | adv. | Pertaining To, Expressing, Or Containing Praise. |
Laundress | n. | Washerwoma |
Laureate | adv. | Crowned With Laurel, As A Mark Of Distinctio |
Lave | v. | To Wash Or Bathe. |
Lawgiver | n. | A Legislator. |
Lawmaker | n. | A Legislator. |
Lax | adv. | Not Stringent Or Energetic. |
Laxative | adv. | Having Power To Open Or Loosen The Bowels. |
Lea | n. | A Field. |
Leaflet | n. | A Little Leaf Or A Booklet. |
Leaven | v. | To Make Light By Fermentation, As Dough. |
Leeward | n. | That Side Or Direction Toward Which The Wind Blows. |
Left-Handed | adv. | Using The Left Hand Or Arm More Dexterously Than The Right. |
Legacy | n. | A Bequest. |
Legalize | v. | To Give The Authority Of Law To. |
Legging | n. | A Covering For The Leg. |
Legible | adv. | That May Be Read With Ease. |
Legionary | n. | A Member Of An Ancient Roman Legion Or Of The Modern French Legion Of Honor. |
Legislate | v. | To Make Or Enact A Law Or Laws. |
Legislative | adv. | That Makes Or Enacts Laws. |
Legislator | n. | A Lawgiver. |
Legitimacy | n. | Accordance With Law. |
Legitimate | adv. | Having The Sanction Of Law Or Established Custom. |
Leisure | n. | Spare Time. |
Leniency | n. | Forbearance. |
Lenient | adv. | Not Harsh. |
Leonine | adv. | Like A Lio |
Lethargy | n. | Prolonged Sluggishness Of Body Or Mind. |
Levee | n. | An Embankment Beside A River Or Stream Or An Arm Of The Sea, To Prevent Overflow. |
Lever | n. | That Which Exerts, Or Through Which One May Exert Great Power. |
Leviathan | n. | Any Large Animal, As A Whale. |
Levity | n. | Frivolity. |
Levy | v. | To Impose And Collect By Force Or Threat Of Force. |
Lewd | adv. | Characterized By Lust Or Lasciviousness. |
Lexicographer | n. | One Who Makes Dictionaries. |
Lexicography | n. | The Making Of Dictionaries. |
Lexicon | n. | A Dictionary. |
Liable | adv. | Justly Or Legally Responsible. |
Libel | n. | Defamatio |
Liberalism | n. | Opposition To Conservatism. |
Liberate | v. | To Set Free Or Release From Bondage. |
Licentious | adv. | Wanto |
Licit | adv. | Lawful. |
Liege | adv. | Sovereig |
Lien | n. | A Legal Claim Or Hold On Property, As Security For A Debt Or Charge. |
Lieu | n. | Stead. |
Lifelike | adv. | Realistic. |
Lifelong | adv. | Lasting Or Continuous Through Life. |
Lifetime | n. | The Time That Life Continues. |
Ligament | n. | That Which Binds Objects Together. |
Ligature | n. | Anything That Constricts, Or Serves For Binding Or Tying. |
Light-Hearted | adv. | Free From Care. |
Ligneous | adv. | Having The Texture Of Appearance Of Wood. |
Likelihood | n. | A Probability. |
Likely | adv. | Plausible. |
Liking | n. | Fondness. |
Limitation | n. | A Restrictio |
Linear | adv. | Of The Nature Of A Line. |
Liner | n. | A Vessel Belonging To A Steamship-Line. |
Lingo | n. | Language. |
Lingua | n. | The Tongue. |
Lingual | adv. | Pertaining To The Use Of The Tongue In Utterance. |
Linguist | n. | One Who Is Acquainted With Several Languages. |
Linguistics | n. | The Science Of Languages, Or Of The Origin, History, And Significance Of Words. |
Liniment | n. | A Liquid Preparation For Rubbing On The Skin In Cases Of Bruises, Inflammation, Etc. |
Liquefacient | adv. | Possessing A Liquefying Nature Or Power. |
Liquefy | v. | To Convert Into A Liquid Or Into Liquid Form. |
Liqueur | n. | An Alcoholic Cordial Sweetened And Flavored With Aromatic Substances. |
Liquidate | v. | To Deliver The Amount Or Value Of. |
Liquor | n. | Any Alcoholic Or Intoxicating Liquid. |
Listless | adv. | Inattentive. |
Literacy | n. | The State Or Condition Of Knowing How To Read And Write. |
Literal | adv. | Following The Exact Words. |
Literature | n. | The Written Or Printed Productions Of The Human Mind Collectively. |
Lithe | adv. | Supple. |
Lithesome | adv. | Nimble. |
Lithograph | n. | A Print Made By Printing From Stone. |
Lithotype | n. | In Engraving, An Etched Stone Surface For Printing. |
Litigant | n. | A Party To A Lawsuit. |
Litigate | v. | To Cause To Become The Subject-Matter Of A Suit At Law. |
Litigious | adv. | Quarrelsome. |
Littoral | adv. | Of, Pertaining To, Or Living On A Shore. |
Liturgy | n. | A Ritual. |
Livelihood | n. | Means Of Subsistence. |
Livid | adv. | Black-And-Blue, As Contused Flesh. |
Loam | n. | A Non-Coherent Mixture Of Sand And Clay. |
Loath | adv. | Averse. |
Loathe | v. | To Abominate. |
Locative | adv. | Indicating Place, Or The Place Where Or Wherein An Action Occurs. |
Loch | n. | A Lake. |
Locomotion | n. | The Act Or Power Of Moving From One Place To Another. |
Lode | n. | A Somewhat Continuous Unstratified Metal- Bearing Vei |
Lodgment | n. | The Act Of Furnishing With Temporary Quarters. |
Logic | n. | The Science Of Correct Thinking. |
Logical | adv. | Capable Of Or Characterized By Clear Reasoning. |
Logician | n. | An Expert Reasoner. |
Loiterer | n. | One Who Consumes Time Idly. |
Loneliness | n. | Solitude. |
Longevity | n. | Unusually Prolonged Life. |
Loot | v. | To Plunder. |
Loquacious | adv. | Talkative. |
Lordling | n. | A Little Lord. |
Lough | n. | A Lake Or Loch. |
Louse | n. | A Small Insect Parasitic On And Sucking The Blood Of Mammals. |
Lovable | adv. | Amiable. |
Lowly Ad | v. | Rudely. |
Low-Spirited | adv. | Despondent. |
Lucid | adv. | Mentally Sound. |
Lucrative | adv. | Highly Profitable. |
Ludicrous | adv. | Laughable. |
Luminary | n. | One Of The Heavenly Bodies As A Source Of Light. |
Luminescence | n. | Showing Increase. |
Luminescent | adv. | Showing Increase Of Light. |
Luminosity | n. | The Quality Of Giving Or Radiating Light. |
Luminous | adv. | Giving Or Radiating Light. |
Lunacy | n. | Mental Unsoundness. |
Lunar | adv. | Pertaining To The Moo |
Lunatic | n. | An Insane Perso |
Lune | n. | The Moo |
Lurid | adv. | Ghastly And Sensational. |
Luscious | adv. | Rich, Sweet, And Delicious. |
Lustrous | adv. | Shining. |
Luxuriance | n. | Excessive Or Superfluous Growth Or Quantity. |
Luxuriant | adv. | Abundant Or Superabundant In Growth. |
Luxuriate | v. | To Live Sumptuously. |
Lying | n. | Untruthfulness. |
Lyre | n. | One Of The Most Ancient Of Stringed Instruments Of The Harp Class. |
Lyric | adv. | Fitted For Expression In Song. |