Mastering “Word Roots” for SAT Success

LAT – side

 

lateral

collateral

unilateral

bilateral

 

quadrilateral

 

 

 

LAV, LAU, LU – wash

 

lavatory

laundry

ablution

antediluvian

LEG, LEC, LEX – read, speak

 

Legible

lecture

lexicon

 

LEV – light

 

elevate

lecture

lexicon

 

LIBER – free

 

liberty

liberal

libertarian

libertine

LIG, LECT – choose, gather

 

eligible

elect

select

 

LIG, LI, LY – bind

 

ligament

oblige

religion

liable

 

liaison

lien

ally

 

LING, LANG – tongue

 

lingo

language

linguistics

bilingual

LITER – letter

 

literate

alliteration

literal

 

LITH – stone

 

monolith

lithograph

megalith

 

LOQU, LOC, LOG – speech, thought

 

eloquent

loquacious

colloquial

colloquy

 

soliloquy

circumlocution

interlocutor

monologue

 

dialogue

eulogy

philology

neologism

LUC, LUM – light

 

lucid

elucidate

pellucid

translucent

 

illuminate

 

 

 

LUD, LUS –  play

 

ludicrous

allude

delusion

allusion

 

illusory