lecture
formal talk or lesson
Root
- lect / leg: choose, gather, read, or pick out
Other words with the lect / leg root
- eclectic: drawing ideas, styles, or sources from many places
- eclecticism: practice of drawing from many sources
- elect: to choose by vote
- election: formal choice by vote
- elitist: favoring a select group as superior
- predilection: a preference or special liking
- select: to choose carefully from a group
Lecture keeps the reading/speaking side of lect: a lesson read or delivered.
The lecture was short enough to be useful and long enough to be clear.