Orthography | Page 9

apt to break out into a passion.
6. "The stalk of ivy is tough and not fragile" (capable of being broken).--Bacon.
7. A fragment is that which is broken off.
8. To infringe is to break in upon; to trespass on another's rights.
#frater, fratr# = brother.
1. fratern al, pertaining to 2. fratern ity, that which 3. fratern ize, make 4. frater 5. friar 6. friary
1. Fraternal means brotherly; like brothers.
2. An organization in which the members hold one another in brotherly relations.
3. To fraternize means to make a brother of; to receive into a fraternity.
4. Frater. A brother; especially a monk.
5. Friar. A brother of any religious order, but especially one of certain monastic orders of the Roman Catholic church.
6. Friary. A home for friars (brothers); a monastery.
FIFTH MONTH.
#mono# = one, single, alone, solitary.
1. mon arch, rule 2. mono gam ist, marriage 3. mono gram, write 4. mono logue, speak 5. mono mania, mind 6. mo nomi al, term 7. mono poly, sell 8. mono syllable, syllable 9. mono the ism, God 10. mono tone, tone, sound
1. A monarch is a sole or supreme ruler.
2. A monogamist is one who believes in marriage with one person only.
3. A monogram is a single character formed of two or more letters interwoven (as if done at one writing).
4. A speaking by one person.
5. Monomania is a derangement of mind in regard to a single subject only.
6. A monomial in algebra is a quantity which consists of a single term.
7. A monopoly is the sole (or single) right to sell a certain article, or to sell it at a given place.
9. Monotheism is the doctrine of belief that there is but one God.
10. A monotone is a single tone without harmony or variation in pitch.
#para# = aside, beside, similar
1. para ble (ballo), throw 2. para graph, write 3. par allel, one another 4. para phrase, speak 5. para site, feed 6. par en thesis, put
1. A parable is a short fictitious narrative placed (thrown) beside something which it is intended to illustrate.
2. A paragraph was originally a mark or note of comment written beside the line or place where a division should be made; now a distinct part of a discourse or writing.
3. Parallel lines extend beside one another.
4. Paraphrasing is telling (speaking) the same thing in other words.
5. A parasite is an animal or plant which lives beside or in another organism on which it feeds.
6. Marks of parenthesis are often used for a word, phrase, clause, or sentence put in by way of explanation to what it stands beside.
#peri# = around.
1. peri anth, flower 2. peri cardium, heart 3. peri meter, measure 4. peri tone um, stretch 5. peri oste um
1. The perianth is the floral envelope around the flower.
2. The pericardium is the membrane which surrounds the heart.
3. The perimeter of a figure is the outer boundary or measure around it.
4. The peritoneum is the membrane which is stretched around the abdomen.
5. The periosteum is the membrane around the bones.
#syn (syl, sym)# = with, together.
1. syl lable, take 2. sym pathy, feel 3. sym phony, sound 4. syn chron ous, time 5. syn onym, name 6. syn ops is, view 7. syn thesis, put, place
1. Literally, a syllable is two or more sounds taken together, or uttered by one impulse of the voice. Many syllables, however, comprise but one sound.
2. Sympathy is feeling with another, especially his sorrows and misfortunes.
3. A symphony is a sounding together; a harmony of sounds.
4. Synchronous. Happening or existing at the same time.
5. Synonym. Literally, a word having the same name. But it is applied to words of like or kindred meaning.
6. A synopsis is a view of the whole together. A summary giving a general view of some subject.
7. The putting of two or more things together. Synthesis is the opposite of analysis.
#tele# = far (distance).
1. tele gram, write 2. tele graph, write 3. tele pathy, feel 4. tele meter, measure 5. tele phone, sound 6. tele scope, view
1. A telegram is a message transmitted (written) from afar.
3. Telepathy is the sympathetic communication at a distance of one mind with another; not by the ordinary methods, but through feeling.
4. Telemeter. An instrument for measuring distances in surveying.
#liber# = free.
1. liber al, relating to 2. il liberal, not 3. liberal ity, quality of 4. liber ate, act of 5. liberat or, one who 6. liber ty, state of being 7. liberal ize, make 8. de liver, from 9. deliver er, one who 10. deliver y, act of
1. Liberal. Relating to or possessing a free and generous heart.
3. Liberality is the quality of being free or generous.
7. To liberalize is to make free, as to free from narrow views or prejudices.
8. To deliver means to set free from bondage or restraint.
#liter# = letter.
1. letter 2. letters 3. liter ary,