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