labyrinth

You'd be amazed at how easily the laboratory rats get lost in the labyrinth.

lacerate

Alas, when Arthur ate pickled razor blades, he lacerated his tongue.

lackadaisical

The florist exclaimed, "I lack a daisy! Call the flower supplier pronto!" But the lackadaisical stock boy didn't pay any attention.

laconic

This sentence is laconic.

lambaste

"Baste that lamb or I'll lambaste you!" the cook yelled to his assistant.

languish

No doubt learning all this language is giving you so much anguish that you're starting to languish.

languor

I can't lie here in languor any longer.

larceny

Stealing from the cartoonist who created The Far Side is Larson-y.

lascivious

The lascivious lass lusted after Larry.

lassitude

The ship's crew was in such a state of lassitude that they sailed to the wrong latitude.

latent

He had a latent talent for playing the harmonica, but he didn't discover it until late in his life.

potential but not yet displayed

(Note: Latent is often used in the phrase latent talent, which is a handy memory aid because the two words have th exact same letters.)

(v.) to praise (think "Praise be the Laud!")

(n.) praise

laudatory

The students stuck in the loud auditorium did not have any laudatory comments at the end of the pep rally.

lecherous

The country preacher said to the employees in the brother, "Yer goin' to Hades' cause you let yer house be used for lecherous activities." They replied "Don't lecture us."

lethargy

Are you overcome by lethargy from all this studying? Well, it's time to wake up, so:

STOP STUDYING:

Go to the nearest store, buy four cups of coffee and a six-pack of Red Bull, rapidly consume everything you just bought, and go back to work (and relax!).

lewd

It is rude to be lewd.

licentious

"I've got my driver's license," Terry proudly exclaimed. "Now we can be licentious in the back seat of my car."

lithe

When the lithe dancers at the ballet studio spread rumors that the lisping prima ballerina was getting fat, she responded, "Lithe, lithe, they're all lithe!"

loathe

"Pick up some bread at the store, okay?" she asked.

"No, I'll buy tortillas," he replied. "You know I loathe loaves!"

to hate

Note: The last four letters of loathe can be reorganized to spell hate.

lucubration

Readers of this book won't have to do any lucubration.

lugubrious

When Lou the undertaker's friends died, he was too lugubrious to bury them. Finally, they got so tired of waiting to be buried that they came back to life and said, "Lou, go bury us."