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.
foli: -aceous, -age, -ate; fo'lio (ablative case offo'lium, a leaf),a book made of sheets folded once; exfo'liate,to come off inscales; foil,a thin leaf of metal; tre'foil,a plant with three (tres) leaves; cinque'foil (Fr.cinque, five).
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).
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).
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.
fratr: frat'ricide (Lat. v.cæd'ere, to kill).
fratern: -al, -ity, -ize; confrater'nity.
Fri'ar (Fr. n.frère, a brother); fri'ary.
front: front (-age, -al, -less, -let); affront'; confront'; effront'ery; fron'tier (Fr. n.frontière); front'ispiece (Lat. n.frontispi'cium, fromfronsandspic'ere, to view; literally, that which is seen in front).
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.
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.).
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.
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).
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.
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).
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).
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'.
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.(Seepage 41.)
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.)
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.
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-Saxongeloma, goods).
hom: hom'age (Fr.hommage, literally, acknowledgment by amanor 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.
Floral deviceswere tastefullyintroduced. Thefriargives himself toreflection, and does not care aflorinfor worldly pleasures. The tree is covered withfoliage, but bears nofruit. The rights of thefraternityhave beeninfringed. The metal wasfusedin iron pans. By the law ofprimogeniturethe eldest son willsucceedto the estate.Congressmet, and ageneralof the army was chosen president. Thegradientisgentle, and theaccesseasy. Thereformof therefractorywas in the highestdegree genuine. Wereceivedourfrugalmeal withgratitude. Many of theinhabitantsperished in theflames. Hamilton and Jay were leadingfederalists. To err ishuman; to forgive,divine. The boygesticulatedviolently, but it was a meresubterfuge. Your wordsinfuse comfortinto my heart. May one not behumanwithout beinghumane? Do you know thedifferencebetween thegenitiveand theablative case?
hum: exhume' (-ation); inhume.
humil: humil'ity; humil'iate (-ion); hum'ble (Fr. adj.humble= Lat.hu'milis).
IRE.(Seepage 41.)
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.
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 (Spanishjunta= Lat.junc'tus, joined),a grand council of state in Spain;jun'to (Span,junt),a body of men united for some secret intrigue.
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.
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'.
leg: le'gend (originally, stories of saints to be read—legen'da—in church); leg'endary; leg'ible; le'gion (originally, a body of troopsgatheredor 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 (Greekec=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).
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. (Seepage 43.)
liber: -al, -ality, -alize, -ate, -ator, -ty.
Deliv'er (Fr. v.délivrer= Lat.delibera're, to set free); deliv'erance; deliv'ery.
LITERA. (Seepage 43.)
loc: -al, -ality, -alize, -ate; locomo'tive (Lat. v.move're, to move); al'locate; col'locate (-ion); dis'locate (-ion).
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.
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.
luc: Lu'cifer (Lat. v.fer're, to bear); lu'cid; elu'cidate; translu'cent.
lumin: lu'minary; lu'minous; illu'minate; illu'mine.
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= Latmagis'tra, fem. ofmagis'ter).
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 ishandled); 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).
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).
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 (prefixin= not),with nothing intervening; interme'diate.
meminisse: memen'to (imper. mood; literally,remember thou), a reminder, a memorial.
memor: mem'orable; memoran'dum (Lat.memoran'dus, p. part. ofmemora'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).
ment: men'tal; dement'ed; demen'tia,insanity; ve'hement (Lat. adj.ve'hemens = ve, not, andmens; literally, not reasonable),furious, ardent.
Werejectinsincerehomage. When the body wasexhumedthejury decidedthat poison had been administered.Legendarystories wererelatedby thefriar. Thelessonswereselectedwithintelligence. Levityandgravityaredifferentqualities. Themayor'sspeech was moreludicrousthanfacetious. Themagistrateclaimedjurisdictionin thelocality. We heard Hamlet'ssoliloquyfinelydelivered. Do yourecollectthemagnificentlines at the beginning of "Paradise Lost"? Thelecturerwaslucidin hisallusions. Inmediævaltimeshomagewas exacted of all vassals. Themariners maneuveredbeautifully. Yourmagnificent donationwill begratefully remembered. Themermaidis a meredelusion. Illegible manuscriptis adecided nuisance. The eastern part of theMediterraneanis called theLevant. Franklin'smemoirsare very interesting.
merc: mer'cantile (Lat. part.mer'cans, mercan'tis); mer'cenary (Lat. adj.mercena'rius); mer'cer (Fr. n.mercier), one who dealsin 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).
merg: merge; emerge'; emer'gency,that which arises suddenly;submerge'.
mers: emer'sion; immerse'.
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.
milit: -ary, -ant; mil'itate,to act against; mili'tia,enrolled soldiers not in a standing army.
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.
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. anda.; minor'ity.
minus: mi'nus (Lat. adj. comp. deg., less); min'imum (Lat. adj. super, deg., least); min'im.
minister: min'ister; ministe'rial; min'istry; admin'ister; administra'tion; admin'istrative; administra'tor.
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).
misc: mis'cellany; miscella'neous; promis'cuous.
mixt: mix; mixt'ure; admixt'ure; intermix'.
miser: mi'ser (-able); mis'ery; commis'erate (-ion).
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.
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.
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.
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, thefore-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).
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.
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.(Seepage 44.)
mor: mor'al (ist, -ity, -ize); immor'al (-ity); demor'alize (-ation).
mov: move (-able, -er, -ment); remove' (-able, -al).
mot: (-ive, -or); commo'tion; emo'tion (-al); locomo'tion (Lat. n.lo'cus; a place); promote' (-er, -ion); remote' (-ness).
Mob (Lat. adj.mob'ilis, easily moved); mo'bile (-ity); momen'tum,the force of a moving body,impetus.
multi: mul'titude; multitu'dinous; multifa'rious; mul'tiform; mul'tiple (Lat. adj.mul'tiplusformul'tiplex, manifold); mul'tiply (Lat. adj.mul'tiplex); mul'tiplicate (-ion); multiplic'ity.
mun. munic'ipal (Lat. n.municip'ium, a free town),pertaining to a corporation; municipal'ity; munif'icent; munif'icence; com'mon (Lat. adj.commu'nis=con+munus; literally, ready to be of service); commune',v.literally,to share (discourse) in common; commun'ion, commu'nity; com'munism; com'munist; commun'icate (-ion, -ive); commu'nicant; excommu'nicate; immu'nity (in+munus; literally, absence of service).
muner: remunerate (-ion, -ive).
mut: mu'table (-ity); immu'table; commute'; transmute' (-able).
mutat: muta'tion; commutation; transmuta'tion.
nasc: nas'cent,growing; renaissance' (a style of decorative artrevivedby Raphael).
nat: na'tal; na'tion, originally,a distinct race or stock(-al, -ality, -ize); interna'tional; na'tive (-ity); cog'nate; in'nate.
natur: nat'ural (-ist, -ize, -ization); preternat'ural; supernat'ural.
nav: nave,the middle or body of a church; na'val; na'vy; nau'tical (Lat. adj.nau'ticus, fromnautaornav'ita, a sailor); nav'igate (Lat. v.naviga're=na'vis+ag'ere); nav'igable; naviga'tion; nav'igator; circumnavigate.
nect: connect' (-ion, -ive); disconnect' (-ion).
nex: annex'; annexation.
Theadministrationof affairs is in the hands of hermajesty's ministers. Amiscellaneous collectionof goods was sold oncommission. Themerchant remittedthe money called for in theemergency. Thesuggestiontomodifythe plan wastantamountto itsrejection. Do youadmireBunker HillMonument? Amiseris an object ofcommiserationto all who know him.Remunerationwill be allowed according to theamountof labor. Themajorhas beenpromotedto the rank of colonel. All who wereconnectedwith themovementwereexcommunicated. As theannexedterritory is chieflymaritimeit will greatlyincreasethecommerceof thenation. Themonitor admonishedthe pupils with greatgentleness. Thecommitteesaid themasterhad done his work in anadmirablemanner. ThePilgrimFathersemigratedto this country in 1620. Aminute missile movedtowards us. What is thesubjunctive moodormode? Amultitudeofcommunistsappeared in Paris.
negat: nega'tion; neg'ative; ab'negate (-ion); ren'egade,an apostate.
Deny' (Fr. v.dénier= Lat.de+nega're, to contradict); deni'al; undeni'able.
neutr: neu'ter; neu'tral (-ity, -ize).
noc: no'cent,hurtful; in'nocent; in'nocence; innoc'uous.
Nox'ious (Lat. adj.nox'ius, hurtful); obnox'ious; nui'sance (Fr. v.nuire= Lat.noce're).
nomen: nomenclat'ure,a list of technical names; cogno'men,a surname.
nomin: nom'inal; nom'inate (-ion, -ive); nominee'; denom'inate (-ion, -or); ig'nominy (Lat.i(n)+gnomen, old form ofnomen, a deprivation of one's good name); ignomin'ious.
Noun (Fr. n.nom= Lat.no'men); pro'noun; misno'mer (Old Fr.mes= wrong, andnommer, to name),a wrong name.
NORMA.(Seepage 45.)
not: note (-able, -ary, -ice, -ify, -ion); no'ticeable; notifica'tion; noto'rious (Lat. adj.noto'rius, making known),known in a bad sense; notori'ety; an'notate (-ion); denote'.
No'ble (Lat. adj.no'bilis, deserving to be known); noblesse' (Fr. n.noblesse= Lat.nobil'itas); nobil'ity; enno'ble; igno'ble (Lat. prefixi(n)+gnobilis, old form ofnobilis); cog'nizance (Old Fr.cognizance= Lat.cognoscen'tia, notice or knowledge),judicial observation; connoisseur' (Fr. n.connoisseur, a critical judge); incog'nito (Italianincognito, from Lat. part.incog'nitus, unknown),unknown, in disguise; rec'ognize (Lat.re, again, andcognos'cere, to know); recog'nizance,a term in law; recogni'tion; reconnoi'ter (Fr. v. reconnoitre),to survey, to examine.
nov: in'novate (-ion, -or); ren'ovate (-ion, -or).
Nov'el (Lat. adj.novel'lus, diminutive ofno'vus); adj.something new, out of the usual course; n., literally,a story new and out of the usual course; nov'elist; nov'elty; nov'ice,a beginner; novi'tiate,time of being a novice.
numer: (-al, -ate, -ation, -ator, -ic, -ical, -ous); enu'merate (Lat. v.enumera're,enumera'tum, to count or tell of),to reckon up singly; enumera'tion; innu'merable (=in+nu'mer+able, that may not be counted); supernu'merary,one above the necessary number; num'ber (Old Fr. n.numbre= Lat.nu'merus).
nunciat: enun'ciate,to utter(-ion); denuncia'tion; pronuncia'tion; renuncia'tion,disavowal, relinquishment.
Nun'cio (Sp. n.nuncio= Lat.nun'cius), a messenger from the Pope; announce' (Fr. v.annoncer= Lat.ad+nuncia're),to proclaim; announce'ment; denounce' (Fr. v.dénoncer= Lat.de+nuncia're),to accuse publicly; pronounce' (Fr. v.prononcer= Lat.pro+nuncia're); pronounce'able; renounce' (Fr. v.renoncer= Lat.re+nuncia're),to disclaim; renounce'ment.
nutri: nu'triment,that which nourishes; nutri'tion; nutri'tious; nu'tritive.
Nour'ish (Fr. v.nourrir= Lat.nutri'ere); nurse (Fr. v.nourrice; a nurse); nur'sery; nurs'ling,a little one who is nursed; nurt'ure.
oper: operose,requiring labor,tedious.
operat: operate (-ion, -ive, -or); co-operate (-ion, -ive, -or).
Op'era (It.op'era=opera, pains, pl. ofo'pus),a musical drama; operat'ic.
ORDO.(Seepage 45.)
pand: expand',to spread out.
pans: expanse' (-ion, -ive).
pass: pass; pass'able,that may be passed,tolerable; pas'sage; com'pass, v.to stretch round; encom'pass; surpass'; tres'pass (tres=trans),to pass beyond due bounds.
Pace (Fr. n.pas= Lat.pas'sus); pas'senger (Old Eng.passager); pass'over,a Jewish festival;8pass'port (= pass + port, literally, a permission to leave a port or to sail into it.)
par: par'ity; dispar'ity; dispar'age,to injure by comparison of unequals; dispar'agement.
Pair (Fr. adj.paire= Lat.par),two of a kind; peer (Old Fr.peerorpair= Lat.par),an equal,a nobleman; peer'age; peer'less; compeer'; non'pareil (Fr.non, not, andpareil, equal),a peerless thing or person.
parat: compar'ative; prepara'tion; prepar'atory; repara'tion.
separ: sep'arate, literally,to prepare aside: hence,to disjoin; separa'tion; sep'arable; insep'arable.
Parade' (Fr. n.parade, literally, a parrying),military display; pare (Fr. v.parer, to pare or ward off); par'ry (Fr. v.parer, to ward off); appara'tus (Lat.appara'tus=ad+paratus, literally, something prepared for a purpose); appar'el (Fr. n.appareil, preparation); compare' (Fr. v.comparer= Lat.compara're),to set things together to see how far they resemble each other; prepare' (Fr. v.preparer= Lat.prepara're); repair' (Fr. v.réparer= Lat.repara're), literally,to prepare again, hence,to restore after injury; irrep'arable; sev'er (Old Fr. v.sevrer= Lat.separa're),to render asunder; sev'eral (Old Fr. adj.several= Lat.separa'lis, separate); sev'erance; dissev'er.
PARS.(Seepage 46.)
Pater'nal (Lat. adj.pater'nus, pertaining to a father); pater'nity (Lat. n.pater'nitas, Fr.paternité),fathership; patri'cian (Lat. adj.patri'cius, frompa'tres, fathers or senators),a Roman nobleman; pat'rimony (Lat. n.patrimo'nium),an estate inherited from one's ancestors; pa'tron (Lat. n.patro'nus, a protector),one who countenances or supports; pat'ronage; pat'ronize; pat'tern (Fr. n.pattern, something to be copied),a model; expatriate,to banish; expatria'tion.
pati: pa'tient; pa'tience; impa'tient; compat'ible,consistent with; compat'ibility; incompat'ible.
pass: pas'sion,strong agitation of the mind; pas'sive; impas'sive,insensible; compas'sion,sympathy; compas'sionate.
pel(com-, dis-, ex-, im-, pro-, re-).
puls: pulse,the beating of an artery as blood is driven through it; pul'sate; pulsa'tion; compul'sion; compul'sory; expul'sion; propul'sion; repulse'; repul'sive.
pend: pen'dant,a long, narrow flag; pend'ing,not decided, during; append'; append'age; depend' (-ant, -ent, -ence); independ'ent; independ'ence; suspend'.
pens: pen'sile,hanging; suspense'(-ion).
Pen'dulous (Lat. adj.pen'dulus, hanging); pen'dulum (Lat. adj.pen'dulus); appen'dix (Lat. n.appen'dix, an addition).
pend: com'pend (contraction of compendium); compen'dium (Lat. n.compen'dium, that which is weighed, saved, shortened); compen'dious (Lat. adj.compendio'sus, brief, succinct); expend'; expen'diture; sti'pend (Lat. n.stipen'dium, literally, the pay of soldiers); stipendiary.
pens: pen'sive,thoughtful; pen'sion,an allowance for past services(-eer); com'pensate (-ion); dispense',to deal out(-ary); dispensa'tion; indispen'sable; expense' (-ive); rec'ompense.
PES. (Seepage 47.)
pet: centrip'etal (Lat. n.cen'trum, center); compete'; com'petent,fit, suitable; com'petence,sufficiency; incom'petent.
petit: peti'tion,a request(-er); compet'itor; compet'itive; repeti'tion.
Pet'ulant (Fr. adj.petulant, fretful); ap'petite (Fr. n.appétit),a seeking for hunger; impet'uous (Lat. adj.impetuo'sus, vehement); impetuos'ity; im'petus (Lat. n.im'petus, a shock); repeat' (Fr. v.répéter= Lat.repet'ere).
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plex: com'plex (literally, twisted together); complex'ion; complex'ity; perplex' (literally, to twist thoroughly—per: hence, to puzzle or embarrass); perplex'ity.
plic: ap'plicable (-ity); ap'plicant; ex'plicable.
plicat: applica'tion; com'plicate (-ion); du'plicate; im'plicate (-ion); replica'tion,an answer in law; sup'plicate,to entreat earnestly; supplica'tion.
plicit: explic'it (literally, out-folded; hence, distinctly stated); implic'it,implied.
Ply (Fr. v.plier= Lat.plica're),to work diligently; pli'able,easily bent; pli'ant; pli'ancy; accom'plice,an associate in crime; apply' (Old Fr.applier= Lat.applica're); appli'ance,the thing applied; comply' (Fr. v.plier),to fold with: hence,to conform or assent; compli'ance; display' (Old Fr. v.desployer, to unfold); doub'le (Fr. adj.double= Lat.du'plex, twofold); du'plex; duplic'ity (Lat. n.duplic'itas, fromdu'plex, double); employ' (Fr. v.employer= Lat.implica're),to keep at work; employé; employ'er; employ'ment; exploit' (Fr. n.exploit= Lat.explic'itum, literally, something unfolded, set forth: hence, a deed, an achievement); imply', literally,to infold: henceto involve,to signify; mul'tiply (Fr. v.multiplier= Lat.mul'tusmuch, many); quad'ruple (Lat.qua'tuor, four); reply' (Old Fr. v.replier= Lat.replica're, to answer); sim'ple (Lat.simplex, gen.simplicis),not compounded,artless; sim'pleton (compare It.simplicione, a silly person); simplic'ity (Lat. n.simplic'itas); sim'plify; sup'ple (Fr. adj.souple= Lat.sup'plex, bending the knee, fromsubandplica're); sup'pliant (literally, bending the knees under, kneeling down); treb'le (Old Fr. adj.treble= Lat.tri'plex, threefold); trip'le (Lat.tri'plex); trip'let,three lines rhyming alternately.
pon: compo'nent,forming a compound; depone',to bear testimony; depo'nent; oppo'nent; postpone' (-ment).
posit: posi'tion; pos'itive; pos'itivism,a system of philosophy; pos'itivist,a believer in the positive philosophy; ap'posite,adapted to; compos'ite,compound; composi'tion; compos'itor; decomposi'tion; depos'it (-ary, -ion, -ory); deposi'tion,the giving testimony under oath; exposi'tion; expos'itor; imposi'tion; interposi'tion; juxtaposi'tion; op'posite (-ion); preposi'tion; proposi'tion; supposi'tion; suppositi'tious; transposi'tion.
Pose (Fr. v.poser= Lat.pon'ere),to bring to a stand by questions; post; post'age; post'ure (Fr. n.posture= Lat.positu'ra, position); compose' (Fr. v.composer= Lat.compon'ere); compos'ure; com'pound (Lat. v.compon'ere); com'post,a mixture,a manure; depot' (Fr. n.dépôt= Lat.depos'itum); dispose' (Fr. v.disposer); dispo'sal; expose' (Fr. v.exposer); expos'ure; impose' (Fr. v.imposer); im'post,a tax placed on imported goods; impos'tor,one guilty of fraud; impost'ure; interpose'; oppose'; propose'; prov'ost (Old Fr.provost, from Latpræpos'itus, placed before, a chief),the principal of a college; pur'pose (Old Fr. n.purpos,propos= Lat.propos'itum),an end set beforeone; repose' (Fr. v.reposer); suppose' (Fr. v.supposer); transpose' (Fr. v.transposer).
port: port'able; por'ter (-age); deport'ment; export' (-ation, -er); im'port (-ance, -ant, -er); pur'port,design; report' (-er); support'; insupport'able; transport' (-ation).
Portfo'lio (Lat. n.fo'lium, a leaf); portman'teau (Fr. n.manteau, a cloak); importune' (Lat. adj.importu'nus, unseasonable); import'unate; importu'nity; op'portune (Lat. adj.opportu'nus,literally, at or before the port or harbor: hence, seasonable); opportu'nity; inop'portune.
posse: pos'sible (Lat. adj.possib'ilis); possibil'ity; impos'sible.
potent: po'tent; po'tency; po'tentate; poten'tial; im'potent; omnip'otent (Lat. adj.om'nis, all); plenipoten'tiary (Lat. adj.ple'nus, full).
prehend: apprehend'; comprehend'; reprehend'.
prehens: prehen'sile; apprehen'sion; apprehen'sive; comprehen'sible; comprehen'sion; comprehen'sive; reprehen'sible.
Appren'tice (Old Fr. n.apprentis, from v.apprendre, to learn); apprise' (Fr. v.apprendre, part.appris, to inform); comprise' (Fr. v.comprendre, compris),to include; en'terprise (Fr. n.entrepise, something undertaken); impreg'nable (Fr. adj.imprenable, not to be taken); pris'on (Fr. n.prison); prize (Fr. n.prise, something taken, fromprendre, pris, to take); reprieve' (Old Fr. v.repreuver, to condemn),to grant a respite; repri'sal; surprise'.
press: press (-ure); compress' (-ible); depress' (-ion); express' (-ion, -ive); impress' (-ion, -ive, -ment); irrepres'sible; oppress' ('-ion, -ive, -or); repress' (-ion, -ive); suppress' (-ion).
Print (abbreviated fromimprint, from Old Fr. v.preindre= Lat.prem'ere); im'print,the name of the publisher and the title page of a book; imprima'tur (Lat.let it be printed), originally,a license to print a book, the imprint of a publisher.
prim: prime; pri'mate,the highest dignitary of a church; pri'macy; prim'ary; primer; prime'val (Lat. n.æ'vum, an age); prim'itive; primogen'itor (Lat. n.gen'itor, a begetter); primogeniture (Lat. n.genitu'ra, a begetting),the exclusive right of inheritance which in English law belongs to the eldest son or daughter; primor'dial (Lat. v.ordi'ri, to begin),existing from the beginning; prim'rose (Lat. n.ro'sa); prin'cess; prince (Fr. n.prince= Lat.prin'ceps); prin'cipal; prin'ciple.
Pre'mier (Fr. adj.premier, first),the prime minister; pri'or (Lat. adj.prior, former); pri'oress,the female superior of a convent; pri'ory,a convent; prior'ity,state of being first; pris'tine (Lat. adj.pristi'nus, primitive),original, ancient.
prob: prob'able,likely, credible; probabil'ity; improb'able; pro'bate,the proof of a will; proba'tion,the act of trying; proba'tioner; proba'tionary; probe,to try by an instrument; prob'ity,tried integrity; approba'tion,commendation; rep'robate (adj. literally, proved against),base, condemned.
Prove (Old Fr.prover, New Fr.prouver= Lat.proba're); proof (Old Fr. n.prove= Lat.pro'ba, proof); approve' (Fr. v.approuver= Lat.approba're); approv'al; disapprove'; improve', (-ment); reprove'; reproof'.
pung: pun'gent; pun'gency; expunge',to mark out.
punct: punctil'io (Sp.punctillo, from Lat.punc'tum, a point),a nice point of exactness in conduct, etc.; punctil'ious; punct'ual (-ity); punct'uate (-ion); punct'ure; compunc'tion,remorse.
Punch (abbreviated frompuncheon, from Lat. n.punc'tio, a pricking),an instrument for cutting holes; point (Fr. n.pointe= Lat.punc'tum); poign'ant (Fr. part.poignant, stinging); pon'iard (Fr. n.poignard),a small dagger.
put: compute' (-able, -ation); depute' (Lat. v.deputa're, to allot),to empower to act; dep'uty; dispute' (-ant); indis'putable; impute' (literally, to reckon in),to charge; repute'; disrepute' (-able).
putat: pu'tative,supposed; am'putate,to cut off the limb from an animal; deputa'tion; imputa'tion; reputa'tion.
Count (Fr. v.compter= Lat. computa're); account'; discount'; recount'.
rap: rapa'cious (Lat. adj.ra'pax, rapa'cis, greedy); rapac'ity; rap'id (Lat. adj.rap'idus, swift); rapid'ity; rap'ids; rap'ine (Lat. n.rapi'na, robbery).
rapt: rapt,transported; rapt'ure (-ous); enrapt'ure; surrepti'tious (Lat. v.surrip'ere, surrep'tum, to take away secretly),done by stealth.
Rav'age (Fr. v.ravager= to lay waste); rav'ish (Fr. v.ravir= Lat.rap'ere).
reg: re'gent; re'gency; reg'imen (Lat. n.reg'imen, that by which one guides or governs anything); reg'iment (Lat. n.regimen'tum); re'gion (Lat.re'gio, regio'nis, a region); cor'rigible (Lat. v.corrig'ere=con+reg'ere); incor'rigible.
rect: rec'tify; rec'titude; rec'tor (-ory); correct' (Lat. v.corrig'ere=con+reg'ere), to remove faults; direct' (-ion, -or, -ory); erect'; insurrec'tion; resurrec'tion.
Re'gal (Lat. n.rex, re'gis, a king); rega'lia; reg'icide (Lat. v.cæd'ere, to kill); reg'ular (Lat. n.reg'ula, a rule); reg'ulate; realm (Old Fr.realme, from Lat. adj.rega'lis, royal); reign (Fr. n.règne= Lat.reg'num);corrigen'da (sing.corrigen'dum), thingsto be corrected;dress (Fr. v.dresser= Latdirig'ere); address' (Fr. v.adresser, to direct); redress' (Fr. v.redresser= Lat.re+dirig'ere), to rectify, to repair; source (Fr. n.source, from Lat.sur'gere, to spring up); surge; insur'gent (Lat. v.insur'gere).
riv: ri'val (Lat. n.riva'lis, one who used a brook in common with another); ri'valry; outri'val; riv'ulet (Lat. n.riv'ulus, diminutive ofri'vus); derive' (literally, to receive as from a source); deriva'tion; deriv'ative.
rog: ar'rogant,proud, overbearing; ar'rogance; prorogue' (Fr. v.proroger= Lat.proroga're).
rogat: ab'rogate;to repeal; ar'rogate,to assume; arroga'tion; derog'atory,detracting; inter'rogate (-ion, -ive, -ory); prerog'ative (literally, that is asked before others for an opinion: hence, preference),exclusive or peculiar right or privilege; proroga'tion,prolonga'tion; superer'ogate (Lat.super+eroga're, to spend or pay out over and above),to do more than is necessary; supereroga'tion.
rupt: rupt'ure,to part violently; abrupt' (-ly, -ness); bank'rupt (It. n.banco, a merchant's place of business); bank'ruptcy; corrupt' (-ible, -ion); disrup'tion; erup'tion; interrupt' (-ion); irrup'tion; irrup'tive.
sacr: sac'rament (Lat. n.sacramen'tum, an oath, a sacred thing); sa'cred (orignally, past p. of Old Eng. v.sacre, to consecrate); sac'rifice (Lat. v.fac'ere, to make); sac'rilege (literally, that steals—properly gathers, picks up,leg'ere—sacred things); sac'ristan (Low Lat.sacrista'nus), a church officer.
secr: (in comp.) con'secrate (-ion); des'ecrate (-ion); ex'ecrate (-ion); ex'ecrable; sacerdo'tal (Lat. n.sacer'dos, sacerdo'tis, priest),pertaining to the priesthood.
salut: sal'utary,promoting health; salu'tatory,giving salutation; salute' (-ion).
salv: sal'vage,reward for saving goods; sal'vo,a volley; salva'tion.
Safe (through Old Fr.salforsauf); safe'ty; save; sav'ior salu'brious (Lat. adj.salu'bris, health-giving); salu'brity.
scend: ascend' (-ant, -ency); descend' (-ant); condescend' (-ing); transcend' (-ent); transcendental.
scens: ascen'sion; ascent'; condescen'sion.
scrib: ascribe',to impute to; circumscribe',to draw a line around, to limit; describe'; inscribe'; prescribe',to order or appoint; pro-scribe' (literally, to write forth),to interdict; subscribe'; superscribe'; transcribe'.
script: script,type in imitation of handwriting; script'ure; ascrip'tion; con'script,one taken by lot and enrolled for military service; conscrip'tion; descrip'tion; inscrip'tion; man'uscript (seemanus); post'script; prescrip'tion; proscription; subscription; superscrip'tion; tran'script.
Scribe (Fr. n.scribe); scrib'ble; escritoire'.
sec: se'cant (Lat. pres. p.se'cans,secan'tis),a line that cuts another.
sect: sect (literally, a body of persons separated from others by peculiar doctrines); secta'rian (-ism); sec'tion (-al); bisect' (Lat.bis, two); dissect' (-ion); in'sect (literally, an animal whose body is apparently cut in the middle); insectiv'orous (Lat. v.vora're, to feed); intersect' (-ion); venesec'tion (Lat. n.vena, a vein).
Seg'ment (Lat. n.segmen'tum), a part cut off.
sed: sed'entary (Lat. adj.sedenta'rius, accustomed to sit); sed'iment (Lat. n.sedimen'tum, a settling or sinking down); sedimen'tary; sed'ulous (Lat. adj.sed'ulus, sitting close to an employment); supersede'.