J
- jeremiad: a doleful story; also, a dolorous or angry tirade.
- jocular: given to or characterized by joking.
- jocund: light-hearted; mirthful.
- jocund: pleasant, cheering, delightful.
- jollification: merrymaking; revelry.
- jovial: merry; joyous; jolly.
- juju: an object superstitiously believed to embody magical powers.
- junta: a clique that seeks or obtains power usually through intrigue or revolution.
- junta: a governmental council or committee, esp. one that rules after a revolution.
- juxtaposition: a placing or being placed in nearness or side by side.
- juxtaposition: the act or an instance of placing in nearness.
K
- ken: cognizance; view; especially, reach of sight or knowledge.
- kismet: destiny; fate.
- kitsch: art in pretentious bad taste.
- knell: the stoke of a bell tolled at a funeral.
- kobold: a kind of domestic spirit in German mythology.
- kvetch: to complain habitually.
L
- lachrymose: given to shedding tears.
- lackadaisical: lacking spirit or liveliness.
- laconic: expressing much in few words.
- laconic: using or marked by the use of a minimum of words.
- lacuna: a blank space; a missing part.
- lacuna: a missing part; a gap.
- lambaste: to scold sharply; also, to beat.
- lambent: playing on the surface; flickering.
- land of Nod: sleep.
- languid: lacking vigor or force.
- languor: lack of energy or vitality.
- largess: generosity; also, money or gifts bestowed.
- largess: generous giving; also, gifts of money or other valuables.
- lascivious: lewd; lustful.
- lascivious: wanton; lewd.
- lassitude: lack of vitality or energy.
- latitudinarian: having or expressing broad and tolerant views.
- laudable: praiseworthy; commendable.
- legerdemain: sleight of hand.
- leitmotif: a dominant and recurring theme.
- leitmotif: a melodic phrase that accompanies the reappearance of a idea, person, or situation; a dominant and recurring theme.
- lenity: the state or quality of being lenient.
- levity: an inappropriate lack of seriousness.
- levity: frivolity.
- lexicography: the writing or compiling of dictionaries.
- lexicon: a dictionary.
- lexicon: a dictionary; also, the vocabulary of a person, group, etc.
- libation: the act of pouring a liquid as a sacrifice; also, a beverage.
- limn: to draw or paint; also, to describe.
- limpid: clear; also, serene.
- lineament: a distinguishing or characteristic feature.
- lissom: limber; supple; flexible; lithe.
- lissom: supple; nimble.
- listless: having no desire or inclination.
- littoral: on a coastal or shore region.
- logorrhea: excessive talkativeness.
- longueur: a dull and tedious passage in a work of literature or performing art.
- loquacious: very talkative.
- louche: of questionable taste or morality.
- lubricious: lewd; also, slippery or smooth.
- lucre: money; profit.
- lucubration: nocturnal study.
- lucubration: nocturnal study; also, that which is composed by night; meditation.
- ludic: playful.
- lugubrious: exaggeratedly or affectedly sorrowful.
- lugubrious: indicating sorrow, often ridiculously.
- lugubrious: mournful; gloomy; dismal.
- luminary: any body that gives light; also, a person of eminence or brilliant achievement.
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