Chapter V: Part II: The Latin Element (2)

"He claims his _privilege_, and says 't is fit
Nothing should be the judge of wit, but wit."

23. LIT'ERA, _a letter_.

Radical: LITER-.

1. LIT'ERAL: liter + al = relating to the letter of a thing; that is, exact to the letter.

2. LIT'ERARY: liter + ary = pertaining to _letters_ or learning.

3. OBLITERATE: ob + liter + ate = to cause letters to be rubbed out: hence, to rub out, in general.

4. LIT'ERATURE: through Lat. n. _literatura_ = the collective body of literary works.

5. ILLIT'ERATE: il (for _in_, not) + liter + ate = of the nature of one who does not know his letters.

EXERCISE.

(1.) Define what is meant by a "_literal_ translation."

(2.) Give a synonymous expression for a "literary man."--Compose a sentence containing the terms "literary society."

(3.) Give a synonym of "obliterate" in its literal meaning. _Ans._ To _erase_.--If we should speak of _obliterating_ the memory of a wrong, would the word be used in its primary or its derivative sense?

(4.) "When we speak of English "literature" what is meant?--Can you mention a great poem in Greek "literature"?--Compose a sentence containing the word "literature."

(5.) Give a synonym of "illiterate." _Ans. Unlearned_.--What is the opposite of "illiterate"? _Ans. Learned_.

24. MORS, mortis, _death_.

Radical: MORT-.

1. MOR'TAL: mort + a = relating to death.

2. MOR'TIFY: mort + ify = literally, to cause to die: hence, (1) to destroy vital functions; (2) to humble.

3. IMMOR'TALIZE: im (for _in_, not) + mort + al + ize = to make not subject to death: hence, to perpetuate.

EXERCISE.

(1.) What does Shakespeare mean by the expression to "shuffle off this _mortal_ coil"?--Combine and define mortal + ity.--What is the opposite of "mortal"?--Give a synonym. _Ans. Deathless_.

(2.) State the two meanings of "mortify."--What noun is derived from this verb? _Ans. Mortification_.--When a surgeon speaks of "mortification" setting in, what does he mean?--What is meant by "mortification" when we say that the British felt great _mortification_ at the recapture of Stony Point by General Anthony Wayne?

(3.) Compose a sentence containing the word "immortalize." MODEL: "Milton _immortalized_ his name by the production of Paradise Lost."

25. NOR'MA, _a rule_.

Radical: NORM-.

1. NOR'MAL: norm + al = according to rule.

2. ENOR'MOUS: e + norm + ous = having the quality of being out of all rule: hence, excessive, huge.

3. ENOR'MITY: e + norm + ity = the state of being out of all rule: hence, an excessive degree--generally used in regard to bad qualities.

4. ABNOR'MAL: ab + norm + al = having the quality of being _away_ from the usual rule: hence, unnatural.

EXERCISE.

(1.) What is meant by the expression, "the _normal_ condition of things"?--"What is the meaning of the term a "_normal_ school"? _Ans._ It means a school whose methods of instruction are to serve as a model for imitation; a school for the education of teachers.

(2.) Give a synonym of "enormous." _Ans. Immense_.--Give another.--"What is meant by "_enormous_ strength"? an "_enormous_ crime?"--Combine and define enormous + ly.

(3.) Illustrate the meaning of the word "enormity" by a sentence.

26. OR'DO, or'dinis, _order_.

Radical: ORDIN-.

1. OR'DINARY: ordin + ary = relating to the usual order of things.

2. EXTRAOR'DINARY: extra + ordin + ary = beyond ordinary.

3. INOR'DINATE: in + ordin + ate = having the quality of not being within the usual order of things: hence, excessive.

4. SUBOR'DINATE: sub + ordin + ate = having the quality of being under the usual order: hence, inferior, secondary.

5. OR'DINANCE: ordin + ance = that which is according to order: hence, a law.

6. INSUBORDINA'TION: in + sub + ordin + ate + ion = the state of not being under the usual order of things: hence, disobedience to lawful authority.

EXERCISE.

(1.) What is meant by "_ordinary_ language"? an "_ordinary_ man"?

(2.) Combine and define extraordinary + ly.--Compose a sentence using the word "extraordinary."--Give a synonym of "extraordinary." _Ans. Unusual._

(3.) Explain what is meant by saying that General Charles Lee had "_inordinate_ vanity."--Is "inordinate" used with reference to praiseworthy things?

(4.) What part of speech other than an adjective is "subordinate"?--What is meant by "a _subordinate_"?--What does "subordinate" mean in the sentence, "We must _subordinate_ our wishes to the rules of morality"?--Combine and define subordinate + ion.

(5.) What does the expression "the _ordinances_ of the Common Council of the City of New York" mean?

(6.) Compose a sentence containing the word "insubordination."--Give the opposite of "insubordination"? _Ans. Subordination, obedience._

27. PARS, par'tis, _a part or share_.

Radical: PART-.

1. PART: from part_is_ = a share.

2. PAR'TICLE: part + (_i_)cle = a small part.

3. PAR'TIAL: part + (_i_)al = relating to a part rather than the whole: hence, inclined to favor one party or person or thing.

4. PAR'TY: through Fr. n. _partie_: a set of persons (that is, a part of the people) engaged in some design.

5. PAR'TISAN: through Fr. n. _partisan_ = a party man.

6. DEPART': de + part = to take one's self away from one part to another.

EXERCISE.

(1.) What part of speech is "part" besides a noun?--Write a sentence containing this word as a noun; another as a verb.

(2.) Point out the connection of meaning between "particle" and "particular." _Ans_. "Particular"' means taking note of the minute parts or _particles_ of a given subject.

(3.) What is the negative of "partial"? _Ans. Impartial._--Define it.

(4.) Explain what is meant by a "political _party_."

(6.) Combine and define depart + ure.

28. PES, pe'dis, _a foot_.

Radical: PED-.

1. PED'AL: ped + al = an instrument made to be moved by the foot.

2. BI'PED: bi + ped = a two-footed animal.

3. QUAD'RUPED: quadru + ped = a four-footed animal. (_Quadru_, from _quatuor_, four.)

4. PED'DLER: literally, a trader who travels on foot.

5. EXPEDITE': ex + ped + ite (_ite_, equivalent to _ate_) = literally, to free the feet from entanglement: hence, to hasten.

6. EXPEDI'TION: ex + ped + ite + ion = the act of expediting: hence, (1) the quality of being expeditious, promptness; (2) a sending forth for the execution of some object of importance.

7. IMPED'IMENT: through Lat. n. _impedimentum_; literally, something which _impedes_ or entangles the feet: hence, an obstacle, an obstruction.

EXERCISE.

(2.) Make up a sentence containing the word "biped."

(3.) Make up a sentence containing the word "quadruped."

(4.) What is the English verb from which "peddler" comes?--In what other way is "peddler" sometimes spelled? _Ans._ It is sometimes spelled with but one _d_--thus, _pedler_.

(5.) "To expedite the growth of plants": what does that mean?--Give the opposite of "expedite." _Ans._ To _retard_.

(6.) Point out the double sense of the word "expedition" in the following sentences: "With winged _expedition_, swift as lightning."--_Milton_. "The _expedition_ of Cortez miserably failed."--_Prescott._

(7.) Compose a sentence containing the word "impediment."--What is meant by "_impediment_ of speech"?--Is the word here used in its literal or its figurative sense?

29. RUM'PERE: rum'po, rup'tum, _to break_.

Radical: RUPT-.

1. RUP'TURE: rupt + ure = the act of breaking with another; that is, a _breach_ of friendly relations.

2. ERUP'TION: e + rupt + ion = the act of breaking or bursting out.

3. ABRUPT': ab + rupt = broken off short: hence, having a sudden termination.

4. CORRUPT': cor (for _con_) + rupt = thoroughly broken up: hence, decomposed, depraved.

5. INTERRUPT': inter + rupt = to break in between: hence, to hinder.

6. BANK'RUPT: literally, one who is bank-broken, who cannot pay his debts, an insolvent debtor.

EXERCISE.

(1.) What other part of speech than a noun is "rupture"? _Ans._ A verb.--Compose one sentence using the word as a verb, the other as a noun.--What does the "_rupture_ of a blood vessel" mean? Is this the literal sense of the word?--The "_rupture_ of friendly relations" between Maine and Massachusetts: is this its literal or its figurative sense?

(2.) Compose a sentence containing the word "eruption."

(3.) Combine and define abrupt + ness; abrupt + ly.--When we speak of an "_abrupt_ manner," what is meant?--When we speak of an "_abrupt_ descent," what is meant?

(4.) Explain what is meant by "corrupt principles"; a "_corrupt_ judge."--Combine and define corrupt + ion; corrupt + ible; in + corrupt + ible.--What other part of speech than an adjective is "corrupt"?--What part of speech is it in the sentence "evil communications _corrupt_ good manners"?

30. TEM'PUS, tem'poris, _time_.

Radical: TEMPOR-.

1. TEM'PORAL: tempor + al = relating to time: hence, not everlasting.

2. TEM'PORARY: tempor + ary = lasting only for a brief time.

3. CONTEM'PORARY: con + tempor + ary = one who lives in the same time with another.

4. TEM'PERANCE: through Fr. n. _tempérance_; literal meaning, the state of being _well timed_ as to one's habits: hence, moderation.

5. EXTEMPORA'NEOUS: ex + temporane(us) + ous = produced at the time.

6. TEM'PORIZE: tempor + ize = to do as the times do: hence, to yield to the current of opinion.

EXERCISE.

(1.) Give the opposite of "temporal." _Ans. Eternal._ Illustrate these two words by a sentence from the Bible. _Ans._ "The things which are seen are _temporal_; but the things which are not seen are _eternal_."

(2.) Give the opposite of "temporary." _Ans. Permanent._--What is meant by the "_temporary_ government of a city"?--Give a synonym of "temporary." _Ans. Transitory._--Would you say that man is a "_temporary_ being" or a "_transitory_ being"?

(3.) Compose a sentence illustrating the use of the word "contemporary."--What adjective corresponds to this adjective?

(4.) State the distinction between "temperance" and "abstinence."--Write a sentence showing the use of the two words.

(5.) What is meant by an "_extemporaneous_ speech?"

(6.) What is one who _temporizes_ sometimes called? _Ans_. A _time_-server.

DIVISION II.--ABBREVIATED LATIN DERIVATIVES.

NOTE--In Division II, the English derivatives from Latin roots are
given in abbreviated form, and are arranged in paragraphs under the
particular _radicals_, from which the several groups of derivatives are
formed. The radicals are printed at the left in bold-face type--thus.,
ACR-, ACERB-, etc. Derivatives not obviously connected with the Latin
roots are given in the last paragraph of each section. Pupils are
required to unite the prefixes and suffixes with the radicals, thus
forming the English derivatives, which may be given either orally or in
writing. Only difficult definitions are appended: in the case of words
not defined, pupils may be required to form the definition by reference
to the signification of the radicals and the formative elements, thus,
acr + id = acrid, being bitter, acr + id + ity = state of being bitter,
bitterness.

1. A'CER, a'cris, _sharp_; Acer'bus, _bitter_; Ac'idus, _sour_; Ace'tum, _vinegar_.

ACR: -id, -idity; ac'rimony (Lat. n. _acrimo'nia_, sharpness of temper); acrimo'nious.

ACERB: -ity; exac'erbate, _to render bitter_; exacerba'tion.

ACID: ac'id; -ify, -ity; acid'ulate (Lat. adj. _acid'ulus_, slightly sour); acid'ulous; subac'id, _slightly acid_.

ACET: -ate, _a certain salt; _-ic, _pertaining to a certain acid; _-ify, -ification, -ose, -ous.

2. AE'DES, _a house_.

ED: ed'ify; edifica'tion; ed'ifice (Lat. n. _edifi'cium_, a large building); e'dile (Lat. n. _aedi'lis_, a Roman magistrate who had charge of buildings).

3. Æ'QUUS, _equal_: Æqua'lis, _equal, just_.

EQU: -able, -ation, -ator, -atorial, -ity, -itable; ad'equate (Lat. v. _adequa're_, _adequa'tum_, to make equal); inadequacy; inad'equate; iniq'uity (Lat. n. _iniq'uitas_, want of equal or just dealing); iniq'uitous.

EQUAL: e'qual (n., v., adj.), -ity, -ize; co-e'qual; une'qual.

4. Æ'VUM, _an age_; Æter'nitas, _eternal_.

EV: co-e'val; longevity (Lat. adj. _lon'gus_, long); prime'val (Lat. adj. _pri'mus_, first).

ETERN: -al, -ity, -ize; co-eter'nal.

5. A'GER, a'gri, _a field, land_.

AGRI: agra'rian (Lat. adj. _agrarius_, relating to land); agra'rianism; ag'riculture (Lat. n. _cultu'ra_, cultivation), agricult'ural, agricult'urist.

Per'egrinate (Lat. v. _peregrina'ri_, to travel in foreign lands); peregrina'tion; pil'grim (Fr. n. _pélérin_, a wanderer); pil'grimage.

AGERE, to do. (See p. 23.)

6. AL'ERE: a'lo, al'itum _or_ al'tum, _to nourish_; ALES'CERE: ales'co _to grow up_.

AL: al'iment (Lat. n. _alimen'tum_, nourishment); alimen'tary; al'imony (Lat. n. _alimo'ma_, allowance made to a divorced wife for her support).

ALIT: coali'tion (-ist).

ALESC: coalesce' (-ence, -ent).

ALIENUS. (See p. 25.)

7. AL'TER, _another_; Alter'nus, _one after another_.

ALTER: al'ter, -ation, -ative (a medicine producing a change); unal'tered; alterca'tion (Lat. n. _alterca'tio_, a contention).

ALTERN: -ate, -ation, -ative; subal'tern, _a subordinate officer_.

AMARE; AMICUS. (See p. 25.)

ANIMUS; ANIMA. (See p. 26.)

ANNUS. (See p. 27.)

8. ANTI'QUUS, _old, ancient_.

ANTIQU: -ary, -arian, -ated, -ity; antique' (Fr. adj. _antique_), _old, ancient_.

9. AP'TUS, _fit, suitable_.

APT: apt, -itude, -ly, -ness; adapt' (-able, -ation, -or).

10. A'QUA, _water_.

AQUE: -duct (_du'cere_, to lead); a'queous; suba'queous; terra'queous (Lat. n. _terra_, land); aquat'ic (Lat. adj. _aquat'icus_, relating to water); aqua'rium (Lat. n. _aqua'rium_, a reservoir of water), _a tank for water-plants and animals_.

11. AR'BITER, ar'bitri, _a judge or umpire_.

ARBITER: ar'biter, _a judge or umpire_.

ARBITR: -ary, -ate, -ation, -ator; arbit'rament (Lat. n. _arbitramen'tum_, decision).

12. AR'BOR, ar'boris, _a tree_.

ARBOR: ar'bor, _a lattice-work covered with vines, etc., a bower_; -et, _a little tree_; -ist, -escent, -(e)ous; arbore'tum, _a place where specimens of trees are cultivated_; arboricult'ure (-ist).

13. AR'MA, _arms, weapons_.

ARM: arm (n. and v.); arms, _weapons_; -or, _defensive weapons_; ar'morer; ar'mory; armo'rial, _belonging to the escutcheon or coat of arms of a family_; ar'mistice (_sis'tere_, to cause to stand still); disarm'; unarmed'.

Arma'da (Span, n.), _a naval warlike force_; ar'my (Fr. n _armée_); ar'mament (Lat. n. _armamen'ta_, utensils); armadil'lo (Span, n.), _an animal armed with a bony shell_.

ARS. (See page 28.)

14. ARTIC'ULUS, _a little joint_.

ARTICUL: -ate (v., to utter in distinctly _jointed_ syllables), -ate (adj. formed with joints), -ation; inartic'ulate; ar'ticle (Fr. n. _article_).

15. AS'PER, _rough_.

ASPER: -ate, -ity; exas'perate; exas'peration.

AUDIRE. (See page 29.)

16. AUGE'RE: au'geo, auc'tum, _to increase_.

AUG: augment' (v.); augmentation.

AUCT: -ion, _a sale in which the price is increased by bidders_; -ioneer. Author (Lat. n. _auc'tor_, one who increases knowledge); author'ity; au'thorize; auxil'iary (Lat. n. _auxil'ium_, help).

17. A'VIS, _a bird_; Au'gur, Aus'pex, aus'picis, _a soothsayer_.

AUGUR: au'gur (n.), _one who foretells future events by observing the_ _flight of birds_, (v.) _to foretell_; au'gury, _an omen_; inau'gurate, _to invest with an office by solemn rites_; inaugura'tion; inau'gural.

AUSPICI: -ous, _favorable_; inauspi'cious; aus'pices.

18. BAR'BARUS, _savage, uncivilized_.

BARBAR: -ian (n. and adj.), -ic, -ism, -ity, -ize, -ous.

19. BIS, _twice or two_.

BI: bi'ennial (Lat. n. _an'nus_, a year); big'amy (Greek n. _gamos_, marriage); bil'lion (Lat. n. _mil'lio_, a million; literally, twice a million); bipar'tite (Lat. n. _pars, par'tis_, a part); bi'ped (Lat. n. _pes, pe'dis_, foot); bis'cuit (Fr. v. _cuit_, cooked); bisect' (Lat. v. _sec'tum_, cut); bi'valve (Lat. n. _val'væ_, folding-doors); bi'nary (Lat. adj. _bi'ni_, two by two); binoc'ular (Lat. n. _oc'ulus_, the eye); combine'; combina'tion.

20. BO'NIS, _good_; Be'ne, _well_.

BONUS: bonus (something to the _good_ of a person in addition to compensation), bounty (Fr. n. _bonté_, kindness); boun'teous; boun'tiful.

BENE: ben'efice (Lat. v. _fac'ere, fac'tum_, to do), literally, _a benefit, an ecclesiastical living_; benef'icence; benef'icent; benefi'cial; ben'efit; benefac'tion; benefac'tor; benedic'tion (Lat. v. _dic'ere, dic'tum_, to say); benev'olence (Lat. v. _vel'le_, to will).

EXERCISE.

_In this and the following exercises, tell the roots of the words printed in italic_: The _equator_ divides the globe into two _equal_ parts. Good _agriculturists_ read _agricultural_ papers. In the _primeval_ ages the _longevity_ of man was very great. The _pilgrims_ have gone on a _pilgrimage_ to the Holy Land. The _subaltern_ had no _alternative_ but to obey. To remove the stain a powerful _acid_ must be used. The _alimony_ which had hitherto been allowed was no longer considered _adequate_. The discourse, though learned, was not _edifying_. God is an _eternal_ and unchangeable being. The handsome _edifice_ was burned to the ground. The plants and animals in the _aquarium_ were brought from abroad. Though the style is _antiquated_, it is not inelegant. The _arbitrary_ proceedings of the British Parliament _exasperated_ the Americans. God is the _bountiful_ Giver of all good. The President made a short _inaugural_ address. By _combined_ effort success is sure. One of Scott's novels is called The _Antiquary_. It is _barbarous_ needlessly to destroy life. George Peabody was noted for his _benevolence_. The Romans were famous for their great _aqueducts_.

21. CAD'ERE: ca'do, ca'sum, _to fall_.

CAD: -ence, _a falling of the voice_; cascade' (Fr. n.); deca'dence.

CIDE: ac'cident; coincide' (con + in); coin'cidence; decid'uous; in'cident; oc'cident, _the place of the falling or setting sun, the west_.

CASE: case, _the state in which a thing happens or falls to be_; casual (Lat. n. _ca'sus_, a fall); cas'ualty; cas'uist, _one who studies cases of conscience_; cas'uistry; occa'sion.

Chance (Fr. v. _choir_, to fall), _something that befalls without apparent cause_; decay (Fr. v. _déchoir_, to fall away).

22. CÆD'ERE: cæ'do, cæ'sum, _to cut, to kill_.

CIDE: decide', _to cut off discussion, to determine_; frat'ricide, _the killing of a brother_ (Lat. n. _fra'ter_, a brother); hom'icide (_ho'mo_, a man); infan'ticide (_in'fans_, an infant); mat'ricide (_ma'ter_, a mother); par'ricide (_pa'ter_, a father); reg'icide (_rex, re'gis_, a king); su'icide (Lat. pro. _sui_, one's self).

CISE: con-, ex-, pre-; concise'ness; decis'ion; deci'sive; excis'ion, incis'ion; inci'sor; precis'ion.

23. CAL'CULUS, _a pebble_.

CALCUL: -able (literally, that may be counted by the help of pebbles anciently used in reckoning), -ate, -ation, -ator; incal'culable; miscal'culate.

24. CANDE'RE: can'deo, can'ditum, _to be white, to shine (literally, to burn, to glow)_; Can'didus, _white_.

CAND: -id, _fair, sincere_; -or, _openness, sincerity_; incandes'cent.

CAN'DID: -ate (in Rome aspirants for office wore _white_ robes).

Cen'ser, _a vessel in which incense is burned_; in'cense (n.), _perfume given off by fire_; incense' (v.), _to inflame with anger_; incen'diary (Lat. n. _incen'dium_, a fire); can'dle (Lat. _cande'la_, a _white_ light made of wax); chand'ler (literally a maker or seller of candles); chandelier'; candel'abra.

25. CAN'ERE: ca'no, can'tum, _to sing_; Fr chanter, _to sing_.

CANT: cant, _hypocritical sing-song speech_; canta'ta, _a poem set to music_; can'ticle; can'ticles, _the Song of Solomon_; can'to, _division of a poem_; discant'; incanta'tion, _enchantment_; recant', literally, _to sing back, to retract_.

CHANT: chant; chant'er; chan'ticleer; chant'ry; enchant'.

Ac'cent (Lat. _ad._ and _cantus_, a song), literally, _a modulation of the voice_; accentua'tion; precen'tor (Lat. v. _præcan'ere_, to sing before).

26. CAP'ERE: ca'pio, cap'tum, _to take_.

CAP: -able, -ability; inca'pable.

CIP: antic'ipate; eman'cipate (Lat. n. _ma'nus_, hand), literally, _to take away from the hand of an owner, to free_; incip'ient; munic'ipal (Lat. n. _municip'ium_, a free town; _mu'nia_, official duties, and _cap'ere_, to take); partic'ipate (Lat. n. _pars, par'tis_, a part); par'ticiple; prince (Lat. n. _prin'ceps_,--Lat. adj. _pri'mus_, first: hence, taking the _first_ place or lead); prin'cipal; prin'ciple; recip'ient; rec'ipe (imperative of _recip'ere_; literally, "take thou," being the first word of a medical prescription).

CEIVE (Fr. root = cap- or cip-): conceive'; deceive'; perceive'; receive'.

CAPT: -ive, -ivate, -ivity, -or, -ure.

CEPT: accept' (-able, -ance, -ation); concep'tion; decep'tion; decep'tive; except' (-ion, -ionable); incep'tion; incep'tive; intercept'; pre'cept; precep'tor; recep'tacle; recep'tion; suscep'tible.

CEIT (Fr. root = capt- or cept-): conceit'; deceit'; receipt'.

Capa'cious (Lat. adj. _ca'pax_, _capa'cis_, able to hold: hence large); capac'itate; capac'ity; incapac'itate.

CAPUT. (See page 30.)

27. CA'RO, carnis, _flesh_.

CARN: -age, _slaughter_; -al, -ation, _the flesh-colored flower_; incar'nate; incarna'tion.

Carne'lian (Lat. adj. _car'neus_, fleshy), _a flesh-colored stone_; car'nival (Lat. v. _vale_, farewell), _a festival preceding Lent_; carniv'orous (Lat. v. _vora're_, to eat); char'nel (Fr. adj. _charnel_, containing flesh).

28. CAU'SA, _a cause_.

CAUS: -al, -ation, -ative; cause (Fr. n. _cause_), n. and v.

Accuse' (Fr. v. _accuser_, to bring a charge against), -ative, -ation, -er; excuse' (Fr. v. _excuser_, to absolve); excus'able; rec'usant (Lat. v. _recusa're_, to refuse).

29. CAVE'RE: ca'veo, cautum, _to beware_.

CAUT: -ion, -ious; incau'tious; precaution.

Ca'veat (3d per. sing. present subjunctive = let him beware), _an intimation to stop proceedings_.

30. CA'VUS, _hollow_.

CAV: -ity; concav'ity; ex'cavate.

Cave (Fr. n. _cave_), literally, _a hollow, empty space_; con'cave (Lat. adj. _conca'vus_, arched); cav'il (Lat. n. _cavil'la_, a jest).

31. CED'ERE: ce'do, ces'sum, _to go, to yield_.

CEDE: cede; accede'; antece'dent; concede'; precede'; recede'; secede'; unprecedented.

CEED: ex-, pro-, sub- (suc-).

CESS: -ation, -ion; ab'scess, _a collection of matter gone away, or collected in a cavity_; ac'cess; acces'sible; acces'sion; acces'sory; conces'sion; excess'; exces'sive; interces'sion; interces'sor; preces'sion; proc'ess; proces'sion; recess'; seces'sion; success' (-ful, -ion, -ive).

32. CENSE'RE: cen'seo, cen'sum, _to weigh, to estimate, to tax_.

CENS: -or, -ure; censo'rious; cen'surable; recen'sion.

Cen'sus (Lat. n. _census_, an estimate).

33. CEN'TRUM, _the middle point_.

CENTR: -al, -ical; centrif'ugal (Lat. v. _fu'gere_, to flee); centrip'etal (Lat. v. _pet'ere_, to seek); concen'trate; concentra'tion; concen'tric; eccen'tric; eccentric'ity.

Cen'ter or cen'tre (Fr. n. _centre_), n. and v.; cen'tered.

34. CEN'TUM, _a hundred_.

CENT: cent; cent'age; cen'tenary (Lat. adj. _centena'rius_); centena'rian; centen'nial (Lat. n. _an'nus_, a year); cen'tigrade (Lat. n. _gra'dus_, a degree); cen'tipede (Lat. n. _pes_, _pe'dis_, the foot); cen'tuple (Lat. adj. _centu'plex_, hundredfold); centu'rion (Lat. n. _centu'rio_, a captain of a hundred); cent'ury (Lat. n. _centu'ria_, a hundred years); percent'age.

35. CER'NERE: cer'no, cre'tum, _to sift, to see, to judge_; Discrimen, discrim'inis, _distinction_.

CERN: con-, de-, dis-; unconcern'; discern'er, discern'ible, discern'ment.

CRET: decre'tal, _a book of decrees_; discre'tion; discre'tionary; excre'tion; se'cret; sec'retary.

DISCRIMIN: -ate, -ation; indiscrim'inate.

Decree' (Fr. n. _decret_); discreet' (Fr. adj. _discret_); discrete' (literally, sifted apart), _separate_.

36. CERTA'RE: cer'to, certa'tum, _to contend, to vie_.

CERT: con'cert (n.); concert' (v.); disconcert'; preconcert'.

37. CIN'GERE: cin'go, cinc'tum, _to gird_.

CINCT: cinct'ure; pre'cinct; succinct', literally, _girded or tucked up, compressed, concise_; succinct'ness.

38. CIR'CUS, _a circle_; cir'culus, _a little circle_.

CIRC: cir'cus, _an open space for sports_; cir'clet.

CIRCUL: -ar, -ate, -ation, -atory.

Cir'cle (Fr. n. _cercle_); encir'cle; sem'icircle.

39. CITA'RE: ci'to, cita'tum, _to stir up, to rouse_.

CITE: cite, _to summon or quote_; excite' (-able, -ability, -ment); incite' (-ment); recite' (-al); resus'citate (Lat. v. _suscita're_, to raise).

CITAT: cita'tion; recita'tion; recitative', _a species of musical recitation_.

CIVIS. (See p. 31.)

40. CLAMA'RE: cla'mo, clama'tum, _to cry out, to shout_; Clam'or, _a loud cry_.

CLAIM: claim (v. and n., to demand; a demand), ac-, de-, dis-, ex-, pro-, re-; claim'ant; reclaim'a'ble.

CLAMAT: acclama'tion; declama'tion; declam'atory; exclama'tion; exclam'atory; proclama'tion; reclama'tion.

CLAMOR: clam'or (v. and n.), -er, -ous.

EXERCISE.

The _decay_ of the tree was caused by the _incisions_ which had _accidentally_ been made in the bark. The _captives_ will be set at liberty, but the _precise_ time of their _emancipation_ has not been fixed. The harbor is _capacious_, and can _receive_ vessels of the largest size. The merits of the _candidates_ were _discriminated_ with great _candor_. We were _enchanted_ with the _carnival_ at Rome. This _recitation_ is satisfactory. Have you ever seen a _centigrade_ thermometer? Nothing is so _successful_ as _success_. The number of _concentric circles_ in the trunk marked the age of the tree. No _censer_ round our altar beams. The heat being _excessive_, we took shelter in the _recesses_ of a _cave_. _Precision_ is the _principal_ quality of good writing. Franklin's father was a tallow _chandler_. Last _century_ there was great _carnage_ in America. _Infanticide_ is much practiced in China. The _proclamation_ was widely _circulated_. The president was _inaugurated_ on the 4th of March. The _census_ is taken every ten years. _Conceit_ is worse than _eccentricity_. Have you filed your _caveat_?

41. CLAU'DERE: clau'do, clau'sum, _to shut, to close_.

CLUD: conclude'; exclude'; include'; preclude'; seclude'.

CLUS: conclu'sion; conclu'sive; exclu'sion; exclu'sive; recluse'; seclu'sion.

CLOSE: close (v., n., adj.); clos'et; close'ness; inclose' (-ure); enclose' (-ure).

Clause (Fr. n. _clause_); clois'ter (old Fr. n. _cloistre_).

42. CLINA'RE: cli'no, clina'tum, _to bend_; Cli'vus, _a slope or hill_.

CLINAT: inclina'tion.

CLINE: de-, in-, re-.

CLIV: accliv'ity; decliv'ity; procliv'ity.

43. COL'ERE: co'lo, cul'tum, _to till, to cultivate_ (_Low Lat._ Cultiva're, _to cultivate_).

CULT: cult'ure (Lat. n. _cultu'ra_, a cultivation); ag'riculture (Lat. n. _a'ger_, a field); arboricult'ure (Lat. n. _ar'bor_, a tree); flor'iculture (Lat. n. _flos_, _flo'ris_, a flower); hor'ticulture (Lat. n. _hor'tus_, a garden); ausculta'tion (Lat. n. _ausculta'tio_, a listening; hence, a test of the lungs).

CULTIV: -ate, -ation, -ator.

Col'ony (Lat. n. _colo'nia_, a settlement); colo'nial; col'onist; col'onize.

COR. (See page 32.)

CORPUS. (See page 33.)

CREDERE. (See page 35.)

44. CREA'RE: cre'o, crea'tum, _to create_.

CREAT: -ion, -ive, -or, -ure; create' (pro-, re-).

45. CRES'CERE: cres'co, cre'tum, _to grow_.

CRESC: cres'cent; excres'cence; decrease'; increase'.

CRET: accre'tion; con'crete; concre'tion.

Accrue' (Fr. n. _accrue_, increase); in'crement (Lat. n. _incremen'tum_, increase); recruit' (Fr. v. _recroitre_, _recru_, to grow again).

46. CRUX, cru'cis, _a cross_.

CRUC: cru'cial (Fr. adj. _cruciale_, as if bringing to the cross: hence, severe); cru'cible (a chemist's melting-pot--Lat. n. _crucib'ulum_--marked in old times with a cross); cru'ciform (Lat. n. _for'ma_, a shape); cru'cify (Lat. v. _fig'ere_, _fix'um_, to fix); crucifix'ion; excru'ciating.

Cross (Fr. n. _croix_); cro'sier (Fr. n. _crosier_); cruise (Dan. v. _kruisen_, to move crosswise or in a zigzag); crusade' (Fr. n. _croisade_, in the Middle Ages, an expedition to the Holy Land made under the banner of the cross); crusad'er.

47. CUBA'RE: cu'bo (_in compos, _cumbo__), cub'itum, _to lie down_.

CUB: in'cubate; incuba'tion; in'cubator.

CUMB: incum'bency; incum'bent; procum'bent; recum'bency; recum'bent; succumb' (sub-); superincum'bent.

Cu'bit (Lat. n. _cub'itus_, the elbow, because it serves for leaning upon); in'cubus (Lat. n. _in'cubus_), the nightmare.

48. CU'RA, _care_.

CUR: -able, -ate, -ative, -ator; ac'curate; ac'curacy; inac'curate; proc'urator.

Cu'rious; prox'y (contracted from _proc'uracy_). _authority to act for another_; secure' (Lat. adj. _secu'rus_, from _se_ for _si'ne_, without, and _cu'ra_, care); secu'rity; insecure'; si'necure (Lat. prep. _si'ne_, without--an office without duties).

CURRERE. (See page 36.)

49. DA'RE: do, da'tum, _to give_.

DAT: date (originally the time at which a public document was given--_da'tum_); da'ta (Lat. plural of _da'tum_), _facts or truths given or admitted_; da'tive.

DIT: addi'tion; condi'tion; ed'it (-ion, -or); perdi'tion; tradi'tion; extradi'tion.

Add (Lat. v. _ad'dere_, to give or put to); adden'dum (pl. adden'da), _something to be added_.

50. DEBE'RE: de'beo, deb'itum, _to owe_.

DEBT: debt; debt'or; indebt'ed; deb'it (n. and v.).

51. DE'CEM, _ten_; Dec'imus, _the tenth_.

DECEM: Decem'ber (formerly the _tenth_ month); decem'virate (Lat. n. _vir_, a man), _a body of ten magistrates_; decen'nial (Lat. n. _an'nus_, a year).

DECIM: dec'imal; dec'imate; duodec'imo (Lat. adj. _duodec'imus_, twelfth), _a book having twelve leaves to a sheet_.

52. DENS, den'tis, _a tooth_.

DENT: dent, _to notch_; den'tal; den'tifrice (Lat. v. _frica're_, to rub); den'tist; denti'tion (Lat. n. _denti'tio_, a cutting of the teeth); eden'tate (Lat. adj. _edenta'tus_, toothless); indent'; indent'ure; tri'dent (Lat. adj. _tres_, three), _Neptune's three-pronged scepter_; dan'delion (Fr. _dent-de-lion_, the lion's tooth), _a plant_.

53. DE'US, _a God_; Divi'nus, _relating to God, divine_.

DE: de'ify; de'ism; de'ist; deist'ical; de'ity.

DIVIN: divine'; divina'tion (Lat. n. _divina'tio_, a foretelling the aid of the gods); divin'ity.

54. DIC'ERE: di'co, dio'tum, _to say_.

DICT: dic'tate; dicta'tor; dictatorial; dic'tion; dic'tionary (Lat. n. _dictiona'rium_, a word-book); dic'tum (pl. dic'ta), _positive opinion_; addict' (Lat. v. _addic'ere_, to devote); benedic'tion (Lat. adv. _be'ne_, well); contradict'; e'dict; indict' (Lat. v. _indic'ere_, to proclaim), _to charge with a crime_; indict'ment; in'terdict; jurid'ic (Lat. n. _jus_, _ju'ris_, justice), _relating to the distribution of justice_; maledic'tion (Lat. adv. _ma'le_, ill); predict'; predic'tion; valedic'tory (Lat. v. _va'le_, farewell); ver'dict (Lat. adj. _ve'rus_, true).

Dit'to, _n_. (Ital. n. _det'to_, a word), _the aforesaid thing_; indite' (Lat. v. _indic'ere_, to dictate), _to compose_.

55. DI'ES, _a day_; _French_ jour, _a day_.

DIES: di'al; di'ary; di'et; diur'nal (Lat. adj. _diur'nus_, daily); merid'ian (Lat. n. _merid'ies_ = _me'dius di'es_, midday); merid'ional; quotid'ian (Lat. adj. _quotidia'nus_, daily).

JOUR: jour'nal; jour'nalist; jour'ney; adjourn'; adjourn'ment; so'journ; so'journer.

DIGNUS (See page 37.)

56. DIVID'ERE: div'ido, divi'sum, _to divide, to separate_.

DIVID: divide'; div'idend; subdivide'; individ'ual, literally, _one not to be divided, a single person_.

DIVIS: -ible, -ibility, -ion, -or.

Device' (Fr. n. _devis_, something imagined or devised); devise' (Fr. v. _deviser_, to form a plan).

DOCERE. (See page 38.)

57. DOLE'RE: do'leo, doli'tum, _to grieve_.

Dole'ful; do'lor; dol'orous; condole'; condo'lence; in'dolent (literally, not grieving or caring), _lazy_.

DOMINUS. (See page 38.)

58. DU'CERE: du'co, duc'tum, _to lead, to bring forward_.

DUC: adduce'; conduce'; condu'cive; deduce'; educe'; ed'ucate; educa'tion; induce'; induce'ment; introduce'; produce'; reduce'; redu'cible; seduce'; superinduce'; traduce'; tradu'cer.

DUCT: abduc'tion; duc'tile (-ity); conduct' (-or); deduct' (-ion, -ive); induct' (-ion, -ive); introduc'tion; introduc'tory; prod'uct (-ion, -ive); reduc'tion; seduc'tion; seduc'tive; aq'ueduct (Lat. n. _a'qua_, water); vi'aduct (Lat. n. _vi'a_, a road); con'duit (Fr. n. _conduit_), a channel for conveying water.

59. DU'O, _two_.

DU: du'al; du'el (-ist); duet'; du'plicate (Lat. v. _plica're_, to fold); dupli'city (Lat. n. _duplic'itas_, double dealing).

Dubi'ety (Lat. n. _dubi'etas_, uncertainty); du'bious (Lat. adj. _du'bius_, uncertain); indu'bitable (Lat. v. _dubita're_, to doubt); doub'le (Fr. adj. _double_, twofold); doubt (Fr. n. _doubt_), -ful, -less; undoubt'ed.

60. DU'RUS, _hard, lasting_; DURA'RE: du'ro, dura'tum, _to last_.

DUR: -able, -ableness, -ability, -ance, _state of being held hard and fast_; duresse, _hardship, constraint_; endure' (-ance); ob'duracy.

DURAT: dura'tion; in'durate, _to grow hard_; indura'tion; ob'duracy.

EXERCISE.

When the speech, was _concluded_ loud acclamation _arose_. In many parts of the _colony_ much of the waste land has been _reclaimed_, and _agricultural_ operations now _receive_ the due attention of the _colonists_. The patient declined to undergo _auscultation_. Fishing is a healthful _recreation_. Many of the _crusaders_ were inspired with great courage. _Security_ was offered, but it was not _accepted_. The _incumbent_ could not stand the _crucial_ test, and hence _succumbed_. A _curious excrescence_ was cut from the tree. To Neptune with his _trident_ the Greeks ascribed _divine_ power. A French _journalist_ has been _indicted_. The _valedictory_ was pronounced in _December_. What is the difference between _addition_ and _division_? We may easily _predict_ the ruin of an _indolent debtor_. How many _maledictions_ are heaped on _dentists_! The _reduction_ of the public _debt_ is desirable. The prisoner was _doleful_ because he was in _duresse_ vile. An educated man is known by his _accurate_ use of language. The _dandelion_ is a _productive_ plant. The _pilgrims received_ the priest's _benediction_ before setting out on their _journey_. The _decimal_ system _conduces_ to the saving of time.

61. EM'ERE: E'MO, EMP'TUM, to buy or take.

EMPT: exempt' (-ion); per'emptory (Lat. adj. _perempto'rius_, wholly taken away), _decisive_, _final_; pre-empt'; pre-emp'tion, _the right of buying before others_; redemp'tion.

Redeem' (Lat. v. _redim'ere_, to buy back); redeem'er; prompt (Lat. adj. _promp'tus_ = _pro-emp'tus_, taken out; hence, ready); prompt'er; prompt'itude; prompt'ness; impromp'tu (Lat. _in promp'tu_, in readiness).

62. ERRA'RE: er'ro, erra'tum, _to wander_.

ERR: err, -ant, -antry; er'ror (Lat. n. _er'ror_); erro'neous (Lat. adj. _erro'neus_, erring).

ERRAT: errat'ic; erra'tum (pl. er'rata), _a mistake in printing_; aberra'tion.

63. ES'SE, _to be_; en, en'tis, _being_.

ENT: ab'sent (-ee); ab'sence; en'tity; nonen'tity; omnipres'ent (Lat. adj. _om'nis_, all); pres'ent (-ation, -ly); represent' (-ation, -ative); misrepresent'.

Es'sence (Lat. n. _essen'tia_, being); essen'tial; quintes'sence (Lat. adj. _quin'tus_, fifth), _the highest essence; in'terest_ (3d pers. sing. pres. indic. of _interes'se_ = it interests or is of interest); disin'terested.

64. FA'CERE: fa'cio, fac'tum, _to do or make_; _French_ Faire.

FAC: face'tious (Lat. adj. _face'tus_, merry); fac'ile (Lat. adj. _fa'cilis_, easily done); facil'ity; facil'itate; fac'ulty (Lat. n. _facul'tas_, power, ability); fac-sim'ile (Lat. adj. _sim'ilis_, like), literally, _make like_, _an exact copy_; facto'tum (Lat. adj. _to'tum_, the whole; literally, do the whole), _a servant of all work_.

FIC: ben'efice (see _bene_); def'icit (literally, it is wanting), _a lack_; defi'ciency; defi'cient; dif'ficult (Lat. adj. _diffic'ilis_, arduous); ef'ficacy (Lat. adj. _ef'ficax_, _effica'cis_, powerful); effi'cient, _causing effects_; of'fice (Lat. n. _offic'ium_, a duty); of'ficer; offi'cial; offi'cious; profi'cient; suffice', literally, _to make up what is wanting_; suffi'cient.

FACT: fact; fac'tor; fac'tion, _a party acting in opposition_; fac'tious; facti'tious (Lat. adj. _facti'tius_, artificial); benefac'tor; manufacture (Lat. n. _ma'nus_, the hand).

FECT: affect' (-ation, -ion); disaffec'tion; confec'tion, literally, _made_ _with sugar_ (-er); defect' (-ion, -ive); effect' (-ive); effect'ual; infect' (-ion); infec'tious; per'fect, literally, _thoroughly made_ (-ion); imper'fect (-ion); refec'tion; refec'tory.

FAIRE (past participle _fait_): fash'ion (Fr. n. _façon_, the make or form of a thing); fea'sible (Old Fr. _faisible_, that may be done); feat; affair'; coun'terfeit, literally, _to make again_, _to imitate_; for'feit, (Fr. v. _forfaire_, to misdo), _to lose by some fault_; sur'feit, v., _to overdo in the way of eating_.

65. FAL'LERE: fal'lo, fal'sum, _to deceive_; _French_ Faillir, _to fall short or do amiss_.

FALL: fal'lacy; falla'cious; fal'lible; fallibil'ity; infal'lible.

FALS: false (-hood, -ify); falset'to (Ital. n. = a false or artificial voice).

FAIL: fail'ure; fault (Old Fr. n. _faulte_); fault'y; fal'ter; default' (-er).

66. FA'NUM, _a temple_.

FAN: fane; fanat'ic (Lat. adj. _fanat'icus_, literally, one inspired by divinity--the god of the fane), _a wild enthusiast_; fanat'ical; fanat'icism; profane', v. (literally, to be before or outside of the temple), _to desecrate_; profane', adj., _unholy_; profana'tion; profan'ity.

67. FA'RI, fa'tus, _to speak_.

FAT: fate, -al, -ality, -alism, -alist; pref'atory.

Affable (Lat. adj. _affab'ilis_, easy to be spoken to); affabil'ity; inef'fable; in'fant (Lat. participle, _in'fans_, _infan'tis_, literally, not speaking) (-ile, -ine); in'fancy; nefa'rious (Lat. adj. _nefa'rius_, impious); pref'ace (Fr. n. _préface_), _something spoken or written by way of introduction_.

68. FATE'RI: fa'teor, fas'sus (_in comp._ fes'sus), _to acknowledge, to show_.

FESS: confess' (-ion, -ional, -or); profess' (-ion, -ional, -or).

69. FELIX, feli'cis, _happy_.

FELIC: -ity, -itous; infeli'city; feli'citate, _to make happy by congratulation._

70. FEN'DERE: fen'do, fen'sum, _to keep off, to strike_.[6]

FEND: fend (-er); defend' (-er, -ant); offend' (-er).

FENS: defense' (-ible, -ive); offense' (-ive); fence (n. and v., abbreviated from defence);[7] fencer; fencing.

71. FER'RE: fe'ro, la'tum, _to bear, to carry_.

FER: fer'tile (Lat. adj. _fer'tilis_, bearing, fruitful); fertil'ity; fer'tilize; circum'ference, literally, _a measure carried around anything_; confer', _to consult_; con'ference; defer'; def'erence; deferen'tial; dif'fer (-ence, -ent); infer' (-ence); of'fer; prefer' (-able, -ence, -ment); prof'fer; refer' (-ee, -ence); suf'fer (-ance, -able, -er); transfer' (-able, -ence); conif'erous (Lat. n. _co'nus_, a cone); florif'erous (Lat. n. _flos_, _flo'ris_, a flower); fructif'erous (Lat. n. _fruc'tus_, fruit); Lu'cifer (Lat. n. _lux_, _lucis_, light), _the morning or evening star, Satan_; pestif'erous (Lat. n. _pes'tis_, pest, plague).

LAT: ab'lative (literally, carrying away; the sixth case of Latin nouns); collate' (-ion); dilate' (-ory); elate'; ob'late, _flattened at the poles_; obla'tion, _an offering_; prel'ate; prel'acy; pro'late, _elongated at the poles_; relate' (-ion, -ive); correla'tion; correl'ative; super'lative; translate' (-ion); delay' (= dis + lat, through old Fr. verb _delayer_, to put off).

72. FERVE'RE: fer'veo, _to boil_; Fermen'tum, _leaven_.

FERV: -ent, -ency, -id, -or; effervesce', _to bubble or froth up_; efferves'cence.

FERMENT: fer'ment, -ation.

73. FES'TUS, _joyful, merry_.

FEST: -al, -ival, -ive, -ivity; feast (Old Fr. _feste_, a joyous meal); fête (modern Fr. equivalent of _feast_), _a festival_; festoon (Fr. n. _feston_, originally an ornament for a festival).

74. FID'ERE: fi'do, _to trust_; Fi'des, _faith_; Fide'lis, _trusty_.

FID: confide' (-ant, -ence, -ent, -ential); dif'fidence; dif'fident; per'fidy (per = through and hence _away from_ good faith); perfid'ious.

FIDEL: fidel'ity; in'fidel; infidel'ity.

Fe'alty (Old Fr. n. _féalté_ = Lat. _fidel'itas_), _loy'alty_; fidu'cial (Lat. n. _fidu'cia_, trust); fidu'ciary; affi'ance, _to pledge faith_, _to betroth_; affida'vit (Low Lat., signifying, literally, he made oath), _a declaration on oath_; defy' (Fr. v. _défier_, originally, to dissolve the bond of allegiance; hence, to disown, to challenge, to brave).

75. FI'GERE: fi'go, fix'um, _to join, fix, pierce_.

FIX: affix'; cru'cifix (Lat. n. _crux_, _cru'cis_, a cross); cru'cify; fix'ture; post'fix; pre'fix; suf'fix (n., literally, something fixed below or on; hence, appended); transfix', _to pierce through_.

76. FIN'GERE: fin'go, fic'tum, _to form, to feign_; Figu'ra, _a shape_.

FICT: fic'tion; ficti'tious.

FIGUR: fig'ure; figura'tion; configura'tion; disfig'ure; prefig'ure; transfig'ure.

Feign (Fr. v. _feindre_, _feignant_, to pretend); feint (_feint_, past part. of _feindre_); ef'figy (Lat. n. _effig'ies_, an image or likeness); fig'ment (Lat. n. _figmen'tum_, an invention).

FINIS. (See page 40).

77. FIR'MUS, _strong, stable_.

FIRM: firm; firm'ness; infirm' (-ary, -ity); fir'mament, originally, _firm foundation_; affirm' (-ation, -ative); confirm' (-ation, -ative).

78. FLAM'MA, _a stream of fire_.

FLAM: flame; inflame' (-able, -ation, -atory).

Flambeau' (Fr. n. _flambeau_ from v. _flamber_, to blaze); flamin'go (Span. n. _flamenco_), _a bird of a flaming red color_.

EXERCISE.

Age does not always _exempt_ one from _faults_. _Peremptory _orders were given that all the princes should be _present_ at the _diet_. Many _beneficial_ results must come from the _introduction_ of drawing into the public schools. The lady is _affable_ and _perfectly_ free from _affectation_. The field is _fertile_ and _produces_ abundant crops. The _professor's_ lecture _related_ to _edentate_ animals. Men sometimes _feign_ a _fealty_ they do not feel. The lady _professed_ that her _felicity_ was ineffable. The King seized a _flambeau_ with zeal to destroy. It is a _nefarious_ act to make a _false affidavit_. _Fanaticism_ is often _infectious_. The _confirmed offender_ had issued many _counterfeits_. Dickens gives us the _quintessence_ of the _facetious_. In _figure_ the earth is an _oblate_ spheroid.

79. FLEC'TERE: flec'to, flex'um, _to bend_.

FLECT: deflect' (-ion); inflect' (-ion); reflect' (-ion, -ive, -or).

FLEX: -ible, -ile, -ion, -or (a muscle that bends a joint), -ure; flex'-uous; flex'uose; cir'cumflex; re'flex.

80. FLOS, flo'ris, _a flower_.

FLOR: -al, -et, -id, -ist; Flo'ra, _the goddess of flowers_; flor'iculture (Lat. n. _cultu'ra_, cultivation); florif'erous (Lat. v. _fer're_, to bear); flor'in (originally, a Florentine coin with a lily on it); flour (literally, the _flower_ or choicest part of wheat); flow'er (-et, -y); flour'ish (Lat. v. _flores'cere_, to begin to blossom, to prosper); efflores'cence; efflores'cent.

FLUERE. (See page 41.)

81. FŒ'DUS, fœd'eris, _a league or treaty_.

FEDER: fed'eral; fed'eralist (in the United States a member of the party that favored a strong league of the States); fed'erate; confed'erate; confed'eracy; confedera'tion.

82. FO'LIUM, _a leaf_.

FOLI: -aceous, -age, -ate; fo'lio (ablative case of _fo'lium_, a leaf), _a book made of sheets folded once_; exfo'liate, _to come off in scales_; foil, _a thin leaf of metal_; tre'foil, _a plant with three (tres) leaves_; cinque'foil (Fr. _cinque_, five).

83. FOR'MA, _shape, form_.

FORM: form (-al, -ality); conform' (-able, -ation, -ity); deform' (-ity); inform' (-ant, -er, -ation); perform' (-ance, -er); reform' (-ation, -atory, -er); transform' (-ation); for'mula (Lat. n. _for'mula_, pl. _for'mulæ_, a little form, a model); for'mulate; mul'tiform (Lat. adj. _mul'tus_, many); u'niform (Lat. adj. _u'nus_, one).

84. FOR'TIS, _strong_.

FORT: fort; for'tress, _a fortified place_; for'tify; fortifica'tion; for'titude; com'fort, n., _something that strengthens or cheers_ (-able, -er, -less); discom'fort; effort, _a putting forth of one's strength_; force (Fr. n. _force_, strength); for'cible; enforce' (-ment); reinforce' (-ment).

85. FRAN'GERE: fran'go, frac'tum, _to break_; Fra'gilis, _easily broken_.

FRANG, FRING: fran'gible (-ibility); infran'gible; infringe' (-ment); refran'gible.

FRACT: frac'tion; frac'tious; fract'ure; infract' (-ion); refract' (-ion, -ory).

Fra'gile; frag'ment; frail (old Fr. ad; _fraile_ = Lat. _fra'gilis_); frail'ty.

86. FRA'TER, fra'tris, _a brother_; Frater'nus, _brotherly_.

FRATR: frat'ricide (Lat. v. _cæd'ere_, to kill).

FRATERN: -al, -ity, -ize; confrater'nity.

Fri'ar (Fr. n. _frère_, a brother); fri'ary.

87. FRONS, fron'tis, _the forehead_.

FRONT: front (-age, -al, -less, -let); affront'; confront'; effront'ery; fron'tier (Fr. n. _frontière_); front'ispiece (Lat. n. _frontispi'cium_, from _frons_ and _spic'ere_, to view; literally, that which is seen in front).

88 FRU'OR: fruc'tus, _to enjoy_; Fru'ges, _corn_; French Fruit, _fruit_.

FRUCT: -ify, -ification; fructif'erous (Lat. v. _fer're_, to bear).

FRUG: -al, -ality; frugif'erous (Lat. v. _fer're_, to bear).

FRUIT: fruit; fruit'erer; fruit'ful; frui'tion.

89. FU'GERE: fu'gio, fu'gitum, _to flee_.

FUG: fuga'cious; centrif'ugal (Lat. n. _cen'trum_, the center); feb'rifuge (Lat. n. _fe'bris_, fever); fugue (Lat. n. _fu'ga_, a flight), _a musical composition_; ref'uge (-ee); sub'terfuge; ver'mifuge (Lat. n. _ver'mis_, a worm).

FUGIT: fu'gitive (adj. and n.).

90. FU'MUS, _smoke_.

FUM: fume; fu'mid; fumif'erous (Lat. v. _fer're_, to bear), _producing smoke_; fu'matory, _a plant with bitter leaves_; per'fume (-er, -ery).

Fu'migate (Lat. v. _fumiga're_, _fumiga'tum_, to smoke), _to disinfect_; fumiga'tion; fu'migatory.

91. FUN'DERE: fun'do, fu'sum, _to pour_.

FUND: refund'; found (Fr. v. _fondre_ = Lat. _fun'dere_), _to form by pouring into a mould_ (-er, -ery); confound' (Fr. v. _confondre_, literally, to pour together; hence, to confuse).

FUS: fuse (-ible, -ion); confuse' (-ion); diffuse' (-ion, -ive); effuse' (-ion, -ive); infuse' (-ion); profuse' (-ion); refuse' (-al); suffuse' (-ion); transfuse' (-ion).

92. GER'ERE: ge'ro, ges'tum, _to bear or carry_.

GER: ger'und, _a Latin verbal noun_; bellig'erent (Lat. n. _bel'lum_, war); con'geries (Lat. n. _conge'ries_, a collection); vicege'rent (Lat. _vi'ce_, in place of), _one bearing rule in place of another_.

GEST: gest'ure; gestic'ulate (Lat. n. _gestic'ulus_, a mimic gesture); gesticula'tion; congest' (-ion, -ive); digest', literally, _to carry apart_: hence, _to dissolve food in the stomach_ (-ible, -ion, -ive); suggest', literally, _to bear into the mind from below_, that is, _indirectly_ (-ion, -ive); reg'ister (Lat. v. _reger'ere_, to carry back, to record); reg'istrar; registra'tion; reg'istry.

93. GIG'NERE: gig'no, gen'itum, _to beget_; Gens, gen'tis, _a clan or nation_, Ge'nus, gen'eris, _a kind_.

GENIT: gen'itive, _a case of Latin nouns_; congen'ital, _born with one_; primogen'itor (Lat. adj. _pri'mus_, first), _an ancestor_; primogen'iture, _ state of being first born_; progen'itor, _an ancestor_.

GENT: genteel' (Lat. adj. _genti'lis_, pertaining to the same clan; hence, of good family or birth); gentil'ity; gen'tle (_genti'lis_, of good birth), _mild, refined_; gen'try (contracted from gentlery), _a class in English society_; gen'tile, _belonging to a nation other than the Jewish_.

GENER: gen'eral (-ity, -ize); gen'erate (Lat. _genera're, genera'tum_, to produce); genera'tion; regenera'tion; gener'ic; gen'erous; generos'ity; con'gener, _of the same kind_; degen'erate, _to fall off from the original kind_; degen'eracy.

Gen'der (Fr. n. _genre_ = Lat. _ge'nus, gen'eris_), _the kind of a noun as regards the sex of the object_; gen'ial (Lat. adj. _genia'lis_, cheerful); gen'ius (Lat. n. _ge'nius_, originally, the divine nature innate in everything); gen'uine (Lat. adj. _genui'nus_, literally, proceeding from the original stock; hence, natural, true); ge'nus, a kind including many species; engen'der (Fr. v. _engendrer_, to beget); ingen'ious (Lat. adj. _ingenio'sus_, acute, clever); ingen'uous (Lat. adj. _ingen'uus_, frank, sincere).

94. GRA'DI: gra'dior, gres'sus, _to walk_.

GRAD: grada'tion; gra'dient (_gra'diens, gradien'tis_, pres. part. of v. _gradi_), _rate of ascent, grade_; grad'ual (Lat. n. _gradus_, a step); grad'uate; degrade' (-ation); ingre'dient (Lat. part. _ingre'diens_, entering); ret'rograde.

GRESS: aggres'sion; aggres'sive; con'gress (-ional); digress' (-ion); e'gress; in'gress; prog'ress (-ion, -ive); retrogres'sion; transgress' (-ion, -or).

Grade (Fr. n. _grade_ = Lat. _gra'dus_, degree or rank); degree' (Fr. n. _degré_ = _de_ + _gradus_).

95. GRA'TUS, thankful, _pleasing_.

GRAT: grate'ful; gra'tis (Lat. _gra'tiis_, by favor, for nothing) grat'itude; gratu'ity; gratu'itous; grat'ify (-ication); congrat'ulate (-ion, -ory); ingra'tiate.

Grace (Fr. _grâce_ = Lat. _gra'tia_, favor, grace); grace'ful; gra'cious; grace'less; disgrace'; agree' (Fr. v. _agréer_, to receive kindly), -able, -ment; disagree'.

96. GRA'VIS, _heavy_.

GRAV: _grave_, literally, _heavy_: hence, _serious_; grav'ity; gravita'tion; ag'gravate (-ion).

Grief (Fr. _grief_ = Lat. _gra'vis_), literally, _heaviness of spirit, sorrow_; grieve; griev'ance; griev'ous.

GREX. (See page 41.)

97. HABE'RE: ha'beo, hab'itum, _to have or hold_; HABITA'RE, hab'ito, habita'tum, _to use frequently, to dwell_.

HABIT: habit'ual; habit'uate; hab'itude; hab'itable; hab'itat, _the natural abode of an animal or a plant_; habita'tion; cohab'it; inhab'it (-able, -ant).

HIBIT: exhib'it, literally, _to hold out, to show_ (-ion, -or); inhib'it (-ion); prohib'it (-ion, -ory).

Hab'it (Lat. _hab'itus_, state or dress); habil'iment (Fr. n. _habillement_, from v. _habiller_, to dress); a'ble (Lat. adj. _hab'ilis_, literally, that may be easily held or managed; hence, apt, skillful.)

98. HÆRE'RE: hæ'reo, hæ'sum, _to stick_.

HER: adhere' (-ency, -ent); cohere' (-ence, -ency, -ent); inhere (-ent).

HES: adhe'sion; adhe'sive; cohe'sion; cohe'sive.

Hes'itate (Lat. v. _hæsita're, hæsita'ium, _to be at a stand, to doubt); hes'itancy; hesita'tion.

99. HÆRES, hære'dis, _an heir or heiress_; French Hériter, _to be heir to_.

HERED: hered'itary, _descending to heirs_.

HERIT: her'itable; her'itage; inher'it (-ance); disinher'it.

Heir (Old Fr. _heir_ = Lat. _hæ'res_); heir'ess; heir'loom (Anglo-Saxon _geloma_, goods).

100. HO'MO, hom'inis, _a man_; Huma'nus, _human_.

HOM: hom'age (Fr. _hommage_, literally, acknowledgment by a _man_ or vassal to his feudal lord); homicide (Lat. v. _cæd'ere_, to kill)

HUMAN: hu'man, _belonging to a man_; humane', _having the feelings proper to a man, kind_; human'ity; hu'manize; inhu'man.

EXERCISE.

_Floral devices_ were tastefully _introduced_. The _friar_ gives himself to _reflection_, and does not care a _florin_ for worldly pleasures. The tree is covered with _foliage_, but bears no _fruit_. The rights of the _fraternity_ have been _infringed_. The metal was _fused_ in iron pans. By the law of _primogeniture_ the eldest son will _succeed_ to the estate. _Congress_ met, and a _general_ of the army was chosen president. The _gradient_ is _gentle_, and the _access_ easy. The _reform_ of the _refractory_ was in the highest _degree genuine_. We _received_ our _frugal_ meal with _gratitude_. Many of the _inhabitants_ perished in the _flames_. Hamilton and Jay were leading _federalists_. To err is _human_; to forgive, _divine_. The boy _gesticulated_ violently, but it was a mere _subterfuge_. Your words _infuse comfort_ into my heart. May one not be _human_ without being _humane_? Do you know the _difference_ between the _genitive_ and the _ablative case_?

101. HU'MUS, _the earth_; Hu'milis, _on the ground, lowly_.

HUM: exhume' (-ation); inhume.

HUMIL: humil'ity; humil'iate (-ion); hum'ble (Fr. adj. _humble_ = Lat. _hu'milis_).

IRE. (See page 41.)

102. JA'CERE: ja'cio, jac'tum, _to throw or cast_.

JECT: ab'ject; ad'jective; conject'ure (-al); deject'ed; dejec'tion; eject' (-ion, -ment); inject' (-ion); interject' (-ion); object' (-ion, -ionable, -ive, -or); project' (-ile, -ion, -or); reject' (-ion); subject' (-ion, -ive); traject'ory.

Ejac'ulate (Lat. v. _ejacula're, ejacula'tum_, to hurl or throw); ejacula'tion; ejac'ulatory; jet (Fr. v. _jéter = ja'cere_); jet'ty; jut.

103. JUN'GERE: jun'go, junc'tum, _to join_; Ju'gum, _a yoke_.

JUNCT: junc'tion; junct'ure, _a point of time made critical by a joining of circumstances_; ad'junct; conjunc'tion; conjunc'tive; disjunc'tion; disjunc'tive; injunc'tion; subjunc'tive (literally, joined subordinately to something else).

JUG: con'jugal, _relating to marriage; _conjugate (-ion); sub'jugate (-ion).

Join (Fr. v. _joindre_ = Lat. _jun'gere_); adjoin'; conjoin'; disjoin'; enjoin'; rejoin'; subjoin'; joint (Fr. part, _joint_ = Lat. _junc'tum_); joint'ure, _property settled on a wife_, _to be enjoyed after her husband's death_; jun'ta (Spanish _junta_ = Lat. _junc'tus_, joined), _a grand council of state in Spain; _jun'to (Span, _junt_), _a body of men united for some secret intrigue_.

104. JURA'RE: ju'ro, jura'tum, _to swear_.

JUR: ju'ry; ju'ror; abjure'; adjure'; conjure'; con'jure, _to effect something as if by an oath of magic_; con'jurer; per'jure, _to forswear_; per'jurer; per'jury.

105. JUS, ju'ris, _right law_; Jus'tus, _lawful_; Ju'dex, ju'dicis, _a judge_.

JUR: jurid'ical (Lat. v. _dica're_, to pronounce), _relating to the administration of justice_; jurisdic'tion, _legal authority_; jurispru'dence, _science of law_; ju'rist; in'jure; in'jury.

JUST: just; jus'tice; justi'ciary; jus'tify; justifica'tion.

JUDIC: ju'dicature, _profession of a judge_; judi'cious, _according to sound judgment_; prej'udice, n., _judgment formed beforehand_; prejudi'cial; judge (Fr. n. _juge_ = Lat. _ju'dex_); judg'ment; prejudge'.

106. LE'GERE: le'go, lec'tum, _to gather, to read_.

LEG: le'gend (originally, stories of saints to be read--_legen'da_--in church); leg'endary; leg'ible; le'gion (originally, a body of troops _gathered_ or levied--_le'gio_); el'egance; el'egant; sac'rilege (originally, the gathering or stealing of something sacred--_sa'crum_).

LIG: dil'igent (originally, esteeming highly; hence, assiduous): el'igible; intel'ligible; intel'ligence; intel'ligent; neg'ligent (literally, not--_neg_ = _nec_ = not--picking up).

LECT: lect'ure (-er); collect' (-ion, -ive, -or); recollect' (-ion); eclec'tic (Greek _ec_ = _ex_); elect' (-ion, -or, -oral); in'tellect; neglect'; predilec'tion, _a liking for_; select' (-ion); les'son (Fr. n. _leçon_ = Lat. _lec'tio_, a reading).

107. LEVA'RE: le'vo, leva'tum, _to raise_; Le'vis, _easily raised, light_; _French_ Lever, _to rise or raise_.

LEV: lev'ity; levita'tion; alle'viate (-ion); el'evate (-ion); rel'evant, literally, _raising up_: hence, _pertinent, applicable_; rel'evancy; irrel'evant.

LEVER: leav'en (Fr. _levain_, yeast); Levant', literally, _the place of the rising sun--the countries near the eastern part of the Mediterranean Sea_; lev'ee; le'ver (-age); lev'y.

LEX. (See page 43.)

108. LI'BER, _free_.

LIBER: -al, -ality, -alize, -ate, -ator, -ty.

Deliv'er (Fr. v. _délivrer_ = Lat. _delibera're_, to set free); deliv'erance; deliv'ery.

LITERA. (See page 43.)

109. LO'CUS: _a place_.

LOC: -al, -ality, -alize, -ate; locomo'tive (Lat. v. _move're_, to move); al'locate; col'locate (-ion); dis'locate (-ion).

110. LO'QUI: lo'quor, locu'tus, _to speak_.

LOQU: loqua'cious; loqua'city; col'loquy; collo'quial; el'oquent; magnil'oquent (Lat. adj. _mag'nus_, big, pompous); ob'loquy; solil'oquy (Lat. adj. _so'lus_, alone); ventril'oquist (Lat. n. _ven'ter_, the stomach).

LOCUT: circumlocu'tion; elocu'tion; interloc'utor.

111. LU'DERE: lu'do, lu'sum, _to play or deceive_.

LUD: lu'dicrous (Lat. adj. _lu'dicrus_, sportive, laughable); allude', literally, _to play at, to refer to indirectly_; delude'; elude'; prelude'.

LUS: allu'sion; collu'sion; delu'sion; delu'sive; illu'sion; prelu'sive; prelu'sory.

112. LUX, lu'cis, _light_; Lu'men, lu'minis, _light_.

LUC: Lu'cifer (Lat. v. _fer're_, to bear); lu'cid; elu'cidate; translu'cent.

LUMIN: lu'minary; lu'minous; illu'minate; illu'mine.

113. MAG'NUS, _great_; Ma'jor, _greater_; Magis'ter, _master_.

MAGN: magnanim'ity (Lat. n. _an'imus_, soul); mag'nate, _a man of rank_; mag'nify (-er); magnif'icent (Lat. v. _fac'ere_, to make), _showing grandeur_; mag'nitude.

MAJ: maj'esty (-ic); ma'jor (-ity); may'or; may'oralty.

MAGISTER: mag'istrate; mag'istracy; magiste'rial; mas'ter (Old Fr. _maistre_ = Lat. _magis'ter); _mis'tress (Old Fr. _maistresse_ = Lat _magis'tra_, fem. of _magis'ter_).

114. MA'NUS, _the hand_; _French_ Main, _the hand_.

MAN: man'acle (Lat. n. _man'ica_, a fetter); manip'ulate, _to work with the hand_ (-ion, -or); man'ual; manufact'ure (Lat. v. _fac'ere_, to make); manufac'tory; manumit' (Lat. v. _mit'tere_, to send); man'uscript (Lat. v. _scrib'ere, scrip'tum_, to write); amanuen'sis (= _ab_ + _ma'nus), one who does handwriting for another_; eman'cipate (Lat. v. _cap'ere_, to take); quadru'manous (Lat. _quatuor_, four).

MAIN: man'ner (Fr. n. _manière_, originally, the mode in which a thing is _handled_); maneu'ver (Fr. n. _manœuvre_, literally, hand work; Fr. n. _œuvre = o'pus_, work); manure', _v_. (contracted from Fr. _manœuvrer_, to cultivate by manual labor).

115. MA'RE, _the sea_.

Marine' (Lat. adj. _mari'nus_, pertaining to the sea); mar'iner; mar'itime (Lat. adj. _mariti'mus_ = _mari'nus_); submarine'; transmarine'; ultramarine'; mermaid (Fr. n. _mer_ = Lat. _ma're_).

116. ME'DIUS, _the middle_.

Mediæ'val (Lat. n. _æ'vum_, age), _relating to the Middle Ages_; me'diate (-ion, -or); me'diocre (Lat. adj. _medio'cris_, middling; hence inferior); medioc'rity; Mediterra'nean (Lat. n. _ter'ra_, land); me'dium (Lat. n. _me'dium_, the middle); imme'diate (prefix _in_ = not), _with nothing intervening_; interme'diate.

117. MENINIS'SE: mem'ini, _to remember_; Me'mor, _mindful_; MEMORA'RE mem'oro, memora'tum, _to remember, to mention_.

MEMINISSE: memen'to (imper. mood; literally, _remember thou), a reminder, a memorial_.

MEMOR: mem'orable; memoran'dum (Lat. _memoran'dus_, p. part. of _memora're_; literally, something to be remembered); commem'orate (-ion, -ive); mem'ory (Lat. n. _memo'ria_); memo'rial (-ize); immemo'rial.

Mem'oir (Fr. n. _mémoire_ = Lat. _memoran'dum_); men'tion (Fr. n. _mention_ = Lat. _men'tio_, a speaking of); remem'ber (Old Fr. v. _remembrer = Lat. remem'orare_); remem'brance; remem'brancer; reminis'cence (Fr. n. _réminiscence_, from Lat. v. _reminis'ci_, to recall to mind).

118. MENS, men'tis, _the mind_.

MENT: men'tal; dement'ed; demen'tia, _insanity_; ve'hement (Lat. adj. _ve'hemens = ve_, not, and _mens_; literally, not reasonable), _furious, ardent_.

EXERCISE.

We _reject_ insincere _homage_. When the body was _exhumed_ the _jury decided_ that poison had been administered. _Legendary_ stories were _related_ by the _friar_. The _lessons_ were _selected_ with _intelligence. Levity_ and _gravity_ are _different_ qualities. The _mayor's_ speech was more _ludicrous_ than _facetious_. The _magistrate_ claimed _jurisdiction_ in the _locality_. We heard Hamlet's _soliloquy_ finely _delivered_. Do you _recollect_ the _magnificent_ lines at the beginning of "Paradise Lost"? The _lecturer_ was _lucid_ in his _allusions_. In _mediæval_ times _homage_ was exacted of all vassals. The _mariners maneuvered_ beautifully. Your _magnificent donation_ will be _gratefully remembered_. The _mermaid_ is a mere _delusion. Illegible manuscript_ is a _decided nuisance_. The eastern part of the _Mediterranean_ is called the _Levant_. Franklin's _memoirs_ are very interesting.

119. MER'CES, _hire_; Merx, mer'cis, _merchandise_.

MERC: mer'cantile (Lat. part. _mer'cans, mercan'tis_); mer'cenary (Lat. adj. _mercena'rius_); mer'cer (Fr. n. _mercier_), _one who deals in silks and woolens_; mer'chant (Lat. part, _mer'cans_); mer'chandise; com'merce (Fr. n. _commerce_); commer'cial; mar'ket (Lat. n. _merca'tus_, a place of public traffic).

120. MER'GERE: mer'go, mer'sum, _to dip, to sink_.

MERG: merge; emerge'; emer'gency, _that which arises suddenly_; submerge'.

MERS: emer'sion; immerse'.

121. MIGRA'RE: migro, migra'tum, _to remove_.

MIGR: em'igrant (Lat. part. _mi'grans, migran'tis_).

MIGRAT: mi'grate (-ion, -ory); em'igrate (-ion); im'migrate (-ion); transmigra'tion, _the passage of the soul into another body after death_.

122. MI'LES, mil'itis, _a soldier_.

MILIT: -ary, -ant; mil'itate, _to act against_; mili'tia, _enrolled soldiers not in a standing army_.

123. MINE'RE: min'eo, min'itum, _to hang over_.

MIN. em'inent (Lat. part, _em'inens, _standing out); em'inence; im'minent, literally, _threatening to fall_; pre-em'inent; pre-em'inence; prom'inent; prom'inence; superem'inent.

124. MINU'ERE: min'uo, minu'tum, _to lessen_; Mi'nor, _less_; Mi'nus, _less_.

MINUT: minute'; minu'tiæ (pl. of Lat. n. _minu'tia_, a very small object); min'uend (Lat. part, _minuen'dus_, to be lessened); min'uet (Fr. n. _minuet_ = Lat. adj. _minu'tus, _small), _a dance of small steps_; dimin'ish (Lat. v. _diminu'ere_, to lessen); diminu'tion; dimin'utive.

MINOR: mi'nor, _n_. and a.; minor'ity.

MINUS: mi'nus (Lat. adj. comp. deg., less); min'imum (Lat. adj. super, deg., least); min'im.

125. MINIS'TER, _a servant or attendant_.

MINISTER: min'ister; ministe'rial; min'istry; admin'ister; administra'tion; admin'istrative; administra'tor.

126. MIRA'RI: mi'ror, mira'tus, _to wonder_.

MIR: admire' (-able, -ation); mir'acle (Lat. n. _mirac'ulum_, a wonderful thing); mirac'ulous.

Mirage' (Fr. n. _mirage_, a reflection); mir'ror (Fr. n. _miroir_, from v. _mirer_, to view).

127. MISCE'RE: mis'ceo, mix'tum, _to mingle_.

MISC: mis'cellany; miscella'neous; promis'cuous.

MIXT: mix; mixt'ure; admixt'ure; intermix'.

128. MI'SER, _wretched_.

MISER: mi'ser (-able); mis'ery; commis'erate (-ion).

129. MIT'TERE: mit'to, mis'sum, _to send or cast_.

MIT: admit' (-ance); commit' (-ee, -ment); demit'; emit'; intermit' (-ent); manumit' (Lat. n. _manus_, the hand), _to release from slavery_; omit'; permit'; pretermit'; remit' (-ance); submit'; transmit'; mit'timus (Lat. _we send_), _a warrant of commitment to prison_.

MISS: mis'sile; mis'sion (-ary); admis'sible; admis'sion; com'missary, _an officer who furnishes provisions for an army_; commissa'riat; commis'sion (-er); com'promise; demise', _death_; em'issary; intermis'sion; omis'sion; permis'sion; premise'; prem'ises; prom'ise (-ory); remiss' (-ion); submis'sion; submis'sive; transmis'sion; transmis'sible.

130. MODERA'RI: mod'eror, modera'tus, _to keep within bounds_; Mo'dus, _a measure or manner_.

MODERAT: mod'erate (-ion, -or); immod'erate.

MOD: mode; mood; mod'ify (-able, -er); modifica'tion; accom'modate (-ion); commode' (Lat. adj. _com'modus_, convenient). _a small sideboard_; commo'dious, literally, _measured with_; commod'ity, literally, _a convenience_; incommode'; mod'ern (Lat. adv. _mo'do_, lately, just now); mod'ernize; mod'ulate (Lat. n. _mod'ulus_, a measuring of tones); modula'tion.

131. MONE'RE: mo'neo, mon'itum, _to remind, to warn_.

MON: admon'ish; mon'ument (Lat. n. _monumen'tum_); premon'ish; sum'mon (Lat. v. _summone're_ = _sub_ + _mone're_, to remind privily), _to call by authority_.

MONIT: mon'itor (-ial); admoni'tion; admon'itory; premoni'tion; premon'itory.

132. MONS, mon'tis, _a mountain_.

MOUNT: mount, n. _a high hill_; v. _to rise or ascend_; moun'tain (-eer, -ous); mount'ebank (It. n. _banco_, a bench); amount'; dismount'; par'amount (Fr. _par_ = Lat. _per_, exceedingly), _of the highest importance_; prom'ontory (literally, the _fore_-part or projecting part of a mountain); remount'; surmount' (-able); tan'tamount (Lat. adj. _tan'tus_, so much); ultramon'tane (literally, beyond the Alps; i. e. on the Italian side).

133. MONSTRA'RE: mon'stro, monstra'tum, _to point out, to show_.

MONSTR: mon'ster; mon'strous; monstros'ity; mus'ter, literally, _to show up_, _to display_.

MONSTRAT: dem'onstrate (-able, -ion, -ive); remon'strate; remon'strance.

134. MORDE'RE: mor'deo, mor'sum, _to bite_.

MORD: mor'dant, _biting_, _serving to fix colors_; morda'cious (Lat. adj. _mor'dax_, _morda'cis_, biting), _severe_, _sarcastic_.

MORS: mor'sel, literally, _a little bite_; remorse', _the biting of conscience_ (-ful, -less).

MORS. (See page 44.)

135. MOS, mo'ris, _manner, custom_; _pl._ Mo'res, _manners or morals_.

MOR: mor'al (ist, -ity, -ize); immor'al (-ity); demor'alize (-ation).

136. MOVE'RE: mo'veo, mo'tum, _to move_.