Levee - earthen or stone embankment to prevent flooding
Usage - A levee is built in order to prevent a river from overflowing
Link - levee..(sounds like level..) we LEVEL the land , so that there is no seep of water(flooding)...
Levitate - rise and float in air
Usage - The guru claimed that he could levitate
Link - sounds like meditate ... when you do meditation and yoga .. you feel like floating in the air ... which is magical...
Link2 - sounds like light weight....which will definitely float in air..
Levity - lack of seriousness or steadiness, frivolity
Usage - We should stay away from levity attitude
Link - sounds like lev(leave)+it+y(.yaar)..you casually leave things without any seriousness..
Levy - impose(a fine)
Usage - This police officer always used to levy fine on people.
Link - sounds like le+bhai....Traffic Police catches you breaking signal and says LE(le)+VY(Bhai) chalaan. chal tax de. So he LEVIED the tax on you...
Lewd - lustful
Usage - I heard the lewd whisperings of a dirty old man
Link - sounds like fluids...my girlfriend always insists me to have my fluids...she is so lewd...i hope you go which fluids i am talking about...
Liaison - contact that keeps parties in communication, secret love affair
Usage - He provided a liaison with the guerrillas
Link - sounds like Li + Ai + Son; son of Li and Ai acts as a liaison between them after their divorce...Li and Ai are chinese couple..
Libel - defamatory written statement
Usage - The newspaper was accused of libeling him
Link - sounds like label.WE always tend to LABEL people by their shortcomings, thus libel is defamatory statement...
Libertine - a dissolute person usually a man who is morally unrestrained
Usage - The king decided to banish the libertine nobles who had brought disrepute to the court.
Link - sounds like LIBERTY IN Excess....which can make you irresponsible and immoral....
Libido - psychic and emotional energy or urges behind human activity, sexual desire
Link - sounds like Dildo, hence the meaning...it is used to fulfill desires.. :P
Lien - legal claim or right on a property
Link - sounds like lie in....when you have to show your right on your property you say 'this property "lie in" my name...
Link2 - sounds like lion.. a lion is the king of the jungle and can thus legally claim any part of the jungle...
Lilliputian - extremely small
Usage - Our worries are lilliputian compared with those of countries that are at war
Link - Lilliput is also a brand of clothes for small children....hence meaning is understood...
Limber - flexible, supple
Usage - The violist limbered her wrists before the concert
Link - sounds like CLIMBER.. a CLIMBER has FLEXIBLE muscles...
Limbo - region near heaven or hell where certain souls are kept, prison
Usage - The criminal's name was consigned to limbo.
Link - sounds like limo(limousine).... if you drive your LIMO too fast you will reach in LIMBO...
Limn - draw, make a portrait of
Usage - Goya wanted to limn his mistress, the Duchess of Alba
Link - sounds like line...imagine you are drawing outline of a slim girl...
Limpid - crystal clear
Usage - His limpid argument finally won him the case.
Link - sounds like liquid....which is transparent...
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