1. Liberal. Relating to or possessing a free and generous heart.
3. Liberality is the quality of being free or generous.
7. To liberalize is to make free, as to free from narrow views or prejudices.
8. To deliver means to set free from bondage or restraint.
liter = letter.
| 1. letter | 5. il literate, not |
| 2. letters | 6. al literation, (ad) to |
| 3. liter ary, pert. to | 7. liter al, relating to |
| 4. liter ate, condition of | 8. ob literate, against |
1. Letter (from L. linere, to besmear); so called because smeared on parchment and not cut on wood.
2. Letters usually means literature in general; hence knowledge gained from books; literary culture.
6. Alliteration is a repetition of the same letter or sound at the beginning of two or more words in close succession. Examples: “A whole fleet of bulky bottomed boats.” “What a tale of terror now their turbulency tells.” Literally, letter to letter.
8. In obliterate, ob means against or the reverse. The reverse of besmear is to rub off; hence to obliterate means to rub out, to erase.