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JADED
tired by excess or overuse, slightly cynical
wearied, jaundiced, sated, callous, blase
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JARGON
nonsensical talk, specialized language
dialect, cant, argot, idiom, slang
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JETTISON
to cast off, throw cargo overboard
discard, toss
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JINGOSIM
belligerent support of ones country
chauvinism, nationalism
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KINETIC
relating to motion, characterized by movement
mobile, active, dynamic
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KNELL
sound of a funeral bell, omen of death or failure
toll, chime, peal
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KUDOS
glory, fame, honor
acclaim, praise, encomium, accolade, homage
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LABYRINTH
maze
entanglement, mesh, web
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LACERATION
cut or wound
gash, tear
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LACHRYMOSE
tearful
weeping, teary
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LACKADISICAL
idle, lazy, apathetic, indifferent
languorous, indolent, listless, blase, faineant
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LACONIC
using few words
terse, concise, pithy, succinct
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LAMPOON
to attack with satire, mock harshly
burlesque, travesty, caricature
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LANGUID
lacking energy, indifferent, slow
weak, listless, lackadaisical, sluggish, faineant
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LARYNX
organ containing vocal cords
voice box, Adams apple
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LASSITUDE
lethargy, sluggishness
weariness, listlessness, torpor, stupor
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LEVIATHAN
a biblical sea monster; something large and formidable
behemith; mammoth; something cyclopean, elephantine, or gargantuam
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LIBERTINE
one without moral restraint
hedonist, voluptuary, rogue, rake, roue
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LICENTIOUS
immoral, unrestrained by society
wantom, dissolute, salacious, lewd, prurient
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LIMPID
clear, transparent
lucid, pelludic, serene
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LIONIZE
to treat as a celebrity
regale, honor, feast, ply
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LISSOME
easily flexed, limber, agile
supple, lithe, graceful
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LISTLESS
lacking energy and enthusiasm
lethargic, sluggish, languid, faineant, indolent
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LITHE
moving and bending with ease, graceful
lissome, limber, angile, supple
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LIVID
discolored from a bruise; pale; reddened with anger
black-and-blue; ashen; pallid; furious
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LOATHE
to abhor, despise, hate
abominate, execrate, detest, contemn
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LOQUACIOUS
talkative
garrulous, verbose, voluble, prolix
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LUGUBRIOUS
sorrowful, mournful, dismal
gloomy, funereal, somber, melancholy, woeful
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LUMBER (v)
to move slowly and awkwardly
stumble, lurch, hulk, galumph
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