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Understanding Vocabulary Roots: Legal, Literary, and Local Terms

Explore the diverse vocabulary roots that form the foundation of legal, literary, and local terms. This guide covers key roots such as 'leg' associated with law, 'lit' tied to literature, and 'loc' which pertains to place. Discover how these roots shape our language and understanding of various concepts, from laws and literature to local movements and dynamics. Whether you're a student, a language enthusiast, or someone looking to enhance your vocabulary, this resource offers insight into the essential components of English words.

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Understanding Vocabulary Roots: Legal, Literary, and Local Terms

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  1. Vocabulary: Roots Roots 101-120

  2. later • Side, broad • Lateral, latitude

  3. leg • Law • Legal (lawful; according to law), legislate (to enact a law), legislature (a body of persons who can make laws), legitimize (make legal)

  4. Lic, licit • Permit • License (freedom to act), illicit (not permitted), licit (permitted; lawful)

  5. Lit, liter • Letters • Literary (concerned with books and writing), literature, literal, alliteration, obliterate

  6. Liver, liber • Free • Liberal (relating to liberty), delivery (freedom; liberation), liberalize (to make more free: as, to liberalize the mind from prejudice), deliverance

  7. Loc, loco • Place • Locomotion (act of moving from place to place), locality (locale; neighborhood), allocate (to assign; to place), relocate (to put back into place)

  8. Log, logo, ology • Word, study, speech • Zoology (animal study), psychology (mind study), logic (orig., speech; then reasoning), prologue, epilogue, dialogue, catalogue, logorrhea (a flux of words; excessively wordy)

  9. Loqu, locut • Talk, speak • Eloquent (speaking out well and forcefully), loquacious (talkative), colloquial (talking together; conversational or informal), circumlocution (talking around a subject), soliloquy

  10. Luc, lum • Light • Lumen (a unit of light), luminary (a heavenly body; someone who shines in his profession), translucent (letting light come through)

  11. lude • Play • Ludicrous, prelude (before play), interlude

  12. Macr, macer • Lean • Emaciated, meager

  13. Magn • Great • Magnify, magnificent, magnanimous, magnate, magnitude, magnum

  14. Man • Hand • Manual, manage, manufacture, manacle, manicure, maneuver, manifest

  15. Mand • Command • Mandatory, remand, mandate, reprimand

  16. Mania • Madness • Mania, maniac, kleptomania, pyromania

  17. Mar, mari, mer • Sea, pool • Marine, marsh, maritime, mermaid

  18. matri • Mother • Matrimony, maternal, matriarch, matron

  19. Medi • Half, middle, between, halfway • Mediate, medieval, Mediterranean, mediocre, medium

  20. Mega • Great • Megaphone, megalopolis, megacycle (a million cycles)

  21. Mem • Remember • Memo, commemoration, memento, memoir, memorable

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