GRE | List of words to enhance your vocabulary with alphabet ‘L’

The list of 10 most common root words with alphabet ‘L’ with their meaning and examples is as follows:

No	Root	Meaning	Examples	Meaning
1	luc/lum/lumin	light	lucid	easily understood/giving off light
			translucent	allow light to partially pass through
2	loqu/loquy/locut	speak / talk	loquacious	talkative
			soliloquy	talking to oneself
			eloquent	speaking beautifully & forcefully
3	loc/lieu	place	dislocate	put/move out of place
			local	pertaining to a particular place
4	lib/libert	free	liberal	not limited to traditional attitudes
			libertine	a dissolute person/one without moral scruples
5	logy/logue/log	word/study/proportion/reasoning	logic	study principles of reasoning
			psychology	study of nature/functioning of mind
			anthology	a selection of literary works such as poems
6	lax	loose	laxity	lack of strictness or care
			relax	make or become less tense or anxious
7	liber	free	liberate	free/release
			liberal	flexible
			deliberation	consideration
8	libr	book	library	a collection of books and periodicals held in a library
			libel	a written defamation
9	lith	stone	lithography	a printing process that involves using a stone
			monolith	standing stone
			megalith	a large stone that forms a prehistoric monument
10	lingu	tongue	bilingual	a person fluent in two languages
			lingo	a foreign language or local dialect

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