| A | B |
| impotent | adj. powerless; lacking strength |
| imprecation | noun a curse |
| jocular | adj. humourous, lighthearted |
| juxtapose | verb to place side by side for comparison |
| kinetic | adj. pertaining to motion |
| kismet | noun destiny, fate, fortune |
| knell | noun a sound made by a bell rung slowly for a death or funeral |
| labyrinth | noun a complicated network of wilding passages; a maze |
| lachrymose | adj. tearful, weepy |
| laconic | adj. using few words; short, consise |
| lambent | adj. softly bright or radiant; running or moving lightly over a surface |
| languid | adj. sluggish; drooping from weakness |
| lascivious | adj. lustful or lewd; inciting sexual desire |
| legerdemain | noun sleight of hand; deception |
| libertine | noun one who leads an immortal life |