Orthography | Page 6

care.
3. One who has the care of souls; a parish priest.
4. Formerly, curious meant full of care, or careful, nice, precise; as, "Men were not curious what syllables or particles they used." Eager to learn; inquisitive.
5. To care for the hands and nails.
6. A thing is made accurate by giving care to it.
7. Literally, to care for; to look after; as, "I procured that rumor to be spread." To obtain; to get.
8. Aside, or free, from care, anxiety, or fear; safe.
THIRD MONTH.
#pre# = before.
1. pre amble, walk 2. pre cede, go 3. pre ced ent, that which 4. pre cip ice, head 5. pre clude, shut 6. pre coc ious, cook, ripe 7. pre curs or, run 8. pre destinate, to determine 9. pre dict, speak 10. pre face, say 11. pre fer, bring 12. pre fix, fasten 13. pre judice, judgment 14. pre limin ary, threshold 15. pre mature, ripe 16. pre monit ion, warning 17. pre pare, make ready 18. pre posit ion, place 19. pre poster ous, after 20. pre scribe, write
1. The introductory part of a discourse. Formerly preamble meant, to walk over beforehand; as, "I will take a thorough view of those who have preambled this by path."
3. That which has gone before. A previous example or usage which has, in some measure at least, become established; as, a custom, habit, or rule.
4. A headlong fall; an abrupt descent. Literally, head foremost.
5. See second month, page 16.
6. Ripe in understanding at an early age or before due time; as, a precocious child.
7. A precursor is a forerunner. That which precedes an event and indicates its approach.
8. To determine beforehand by an unchangeable purpose or decree. "Whom He did foreknow He also did predestinate to be conformed to the image of His Son."
11. To prefer one thing to another is to bring or set it before the other in estimation. To hold in greater liking or esteem.
13. A prejudgment formed without due examination. "Prejudice is the child of ignorance."
14. Literally, before the threshold. Preceding or leading up to something more important; as preliminary arrangements.
18. A preposition is so called because usually placed before the word with which it is phrased.
19. Anything is preposterous when it is contrary to nature, reason, or common sense. Literally, having that last which ought to be first; as, the "cart before the horse".
20. To lay down beforehand in writing as a rule of action. "Prescribe not us our duties."
#re# = back, again.
1. re bound, leap 2. re cede, go 3. re claim, call 4. re cluse, shut 5. re cogn ize, know 6. re con struct, build 7. re course, run 8. re create, make 9. re cruit, grow 10. re cur, run 11. re flect, bend 12. re fresh, new 13. re hash, chop 14. re im burse, purse 15. re ject, throw 16. re juven ate, young 17. re lapse, slip 18. re late, carry 19. re lease, loose 20. re mit, send 21. re morse, bite 22. re nov ate, new 23. re pel, drive 24. re plen ish, full 25. re pulse, drive 26. re sult, leap 27. re sume, take (up) 28. re surrect ion, rise 29. re tain, hold 30. re tract, draw
Use each of the above words in a sentence and illustrate its meaning, thus: A ball thrown against a brick wall will rebound (leap back).
#semi# = half.
1. semicircle 2. semicolon 3. semidiameter 4. semilunar 5. semivowel 6. semiweekly
#super# = over, above, beyond.
1. super annu ate, year 2. super cili ous, pride 3. super fic ial, face 4. super flu ous, flow 5. super natur al, nature 6. super numer ary, number 7. super pose, put 8. super script ion, write 9. super struct ure, build. 10. super vise, see
1. A superannuate is one who has become impaired or disabled by length of years. Specifically, one living beyond the years of active service and allowed to retire on a pension.
2. Lofty with pride; overbearing. "A supercilious nabob of the east, haughty and purse-proud."
3. Literally, not extending below (i. e. in depth beyond) the surface; shallow. "She despised superficiality, and looked deeper than the color of things."
4. Overflowing; more than is needed; as, a composition abounding with superfluous words.
5. Being beyond or exceeding the powers of nature. Miracles were performed by supernatural power.
6. Beyond a stated or required number; as, a supernumerary officer in a regiment.
7. To put over or upon; as to superpose one rock upon another.
8. A superscription is a writing over or upon; especially an address on a letter.
9. A superstructure is something built over something else; particularly an edifice in relation to its foundation.
10. To oversee; as, to supervise the erection of a house.
#tri# = three.
1. tri angle, angle 2. tri cuspid, point 3. tri cycle, circle 4. tri dent, tooth