Latent (LAYT unt) Definition: present but not visible or apparent; potential Sentence: A photographic image is latent in a piece of exposed film; it's there, but you can't see it until the film is developed.

Legacy (LEG uh see ) - something handed down from the past; a bequest Example: The legacy of the corrupt administration was chaos, bankruptcy, and despair.

Lucid (LOO sid ) - clear; easy to understand Example: The professor's explanation of the theory of relativity was so astonishingly lucid that even I could understand it.

Levity (LEV uh tee) - Lightness; frivolity; unseriousness Example: The speaker's levity was not appreciated by the convention of funeral directors, who felt that a convention of funeral directors was no place to tell jokes.

Latent (LAYT unt) - present but not visible or apparent; potential Example: A photographic image is latent in a piece of exposed film; it's there, but you can't see it until the film is developed.