New Word-Analysis Part 26

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 _mediaeval_ times _homage_ was exacted of all va.s.sals. The _mariners maneuvered_ beautifully. Your _magnificent donation_ will be _gratefully remembered_. The _mermaid_ is a mere _delusion. Illegible ma.n.u.script_ 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 pa.s.sage 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'tiae (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. _ma.n.u.s_, 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_.