Vocabulary Words - Third Grade - L:

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• ladder
  (n.) An object you use to climb up to high places.
  
  
• ladybug
  (n.) An insect that is small, round and red with black spots.
  
  
• lag
  (v.) To move slowly.
  
  
• large
  (adj.) Big.
  
  
• later
  (adj.) After the usual time.
  
  
• latest
  (adj.) Most recent or newest.
  
  
• lava
  (n.) Molten rock that flows from a volcano.
  (n.) Volcanic molten rock that has solidified.
  
  
• law
  (n.) The system of rules that people in a country, city, or state must obey.
  
  
• lawn
  (n.) An area of ground around a house or in a park where grass is growing.
  
  
• lead
  (v.) To guide or go ahead of a person or thing.
  (n.) A heavy kind of metal.
  
  
• leader
  (n.) A person who directs others.
  
  
• left
  (adj.) On the same side of your body as your heart.
  (v.) Past participle of leave; went away from a place or person.
  (v.) Past tense of leave; went away.
  (adj.) On or toward the side of your body where your heart is.
  
  
• lemon
  (n.) A yellow citrus fruit.
  
  
• lend
  (v.) To allow someone to use for a limited time.
  
  
• length
  (n.) A section of something.
  (n.) Duration in time.
  
  
• lesson
  (n.) Something you study or learn.
  
  
• letter
  (n.) One of the characters of the alphabet.
  (n.) A written message that you send in the mail.
  
  
• lice
  (n.) Small flat insects which live on animals and eat their blood.
  
  
• limit
  (n.) The greatest possible amount.
  (n.) Boundary.
  (v.) To stop beyond a certain point.
  
  
• limp
  (v.) To walk with difficulty because your leg is hurt.
  
  
• listen
  (v.) To pay attention to something in order to hear it.
  
  
• liters
  (n.) Metric units of capacity equal to the volume of one cubic decimeter .
  
  
• load
  (n.) A large amount of something that you carry in your arms or in a vehicle .
  (v.) To put a large amount of something into or on.
  
  
• loaf
  (n.) The normal-sized shape that bread is usually baked in.
  (v.) To pass time lazily.
  
  
• locate
  (v.) To search for and discover.
  
  

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