Building an Enriched Vocabulary

kudos

• the prestige or acclaim that results from some noteworthy achievement or position

• something left to a person in a will

• a debt or obligation

• legal action

lackadaisical

• sorely lacing in spirit, energy, or purpose

• profitable

• luxuriant, plentiful; luxurious, opulent

• gigantic

legacy

• something left to a person in a will; something handed down from the past

• a debt or obligation, especially of a financial nature

• legal action; a lawsuit

• an unconscious and usually ludicrous misuse of a word

liability

• a debt or obligation, especially of a financial nature

• legal action; a lawsuit

• lacking in spirit, energy, or purpose

• to be publicly slandered

libel - verb

• to slander publicly

• to sneak; to lie hidden or in wait

• to require

• to cause harm or suffering

litagation

• legal action; a lawsuit

• acclaim that results

• luxuriant, plentiful; luxurious, opulent

• an unconscious and usually ludicrous misuse of word

lucid

• mentally competent

• profitable

• luxuriant, plentiful

• gigantic

lucrative

• profitable

• lacking in spirit, energy, or purpose

• gigantic

• required, obligatory

lurk

• to sneak, to lie hidden or in wait

• to slander publicly

• to take legal action

• to hand something down from the past

lush

• luxuriant, plentiful; luxurious, opulent

• required; obligatory

• profitable

• clear and intelligible