127. _What does Oid signify?_ Likeness, as spheroid, etc.
128. _What does Or signify?_ One who, as actor, director, etc.
129. _What does Ory signify?_ Having the quality of, as vibratory, etc.
130. _What does On signify?_ Large, as million, etc.
131. _What does Ous signify?_ Having the quality of, as solicitous.
132. _What does Ot signify?_ Little, as idiot.
133. _What does Re signify?_ Same as _Er_, as it is another form of it.
134. _What does Red signify?_ Those who, as kindred, etc.
135. _What is the signification of Ress?_ Feminine of nouns, as instructress.
136. _What does Ric signify?_ Office of, as bishopric.
137. _What does Ry signify?_ Place where, or things collectively.
138. _What does Se signify?_ To make, as cleanse.
139. _What does San signify?_ The person who, as partisan, etc.
140. _What does Ship signify?_ The condition, as professorship.
141. _What does Some signify?_ Full, as quarrelsome.
142. _What does Ster signify?_ The person who, as teamster.
143. _What does Teen signify?_ Ten to be added, as fourteen.
144. _What is the signification of Tude?_ The state of being, as similitude.
145. _What does Ty signify?_ To multiply into, as seventy, forty, etc.
146. _What does Ude signify?_ Same as _Tude_, the state of being.
147. _What does Ule signify?_ Little, as globule.
148. _What does Ward signify?_ Direction of, as eastward, etc.
149. _What does Ways signify?_ Manner, as crossways, lengthways, etc.
150. _What does the suffix Y signify?_ Plenty, as smoky; also abounding in, as wealthy.
151. _Are there any exceptions to the meaning of the foregoing Prefixes and Postfixes?_ There are some, and therefore great judgment must be exercised in applying them to the a.n.a.lysis of words.
152. _What is meant by the term "Good Bye"?_ G.o.d be with you.
153. _What does the suffix Ster signify?_ Feminine, as spinster.
PROMISCUOUS QUESTIONS.
1. _Is A the first letter of all written alphabets?_ All but one, the Abyssinian.
2. _What number is A in the Abyssinian alphabet?_ The thirteenth.
3. _Is double A ever written together as a word?_ It is, as a proper noun.
4. _What is Aa the name of?_ About forty small rivers in Europe.--_Cyclopedia._
5. _Is B the second letter of all alphabets?_ All except the Ethiopic.
6. _What number is B in the Ethiopic?_ Ninth.
7. _Give a word in which P has the sound of B._ Cupboard.
8. _What letter is the Sonorous counterpart of T?_ The letter D.--_Cyclopedia._
9. _Give the Periodic changes of the English language._ Saxon, Semi-Saxon, Old English, Middle English, and Modern English.
10. _Give date of "Saxon period."_ Previous to 1150 A.D.
11. _Give date of "Semi-Saxon period."_ 1150 to 1250.
12. _Give date of "Old English period."_ 1250 to 1350.
13. _Give date of "Middle English period."_ 1350 to 1550.
14. _Give date of "Modern English period."_ Time since 1550.
15. _What const.i.tutes a Period in Language?_ Any great change in the Literature of a People.
16. _What causes these changes?_ Mostly national invasion.
17. _What is a.s.similation of Consonants?_ When an aspirate and subvocal comes together, it is necessary to change the sound of one or the other, to make the combination p.r.o.nounceable.
18. _What is meant by an Element of Speech?_ An indivisible portion of language.
19. _What is a Sonant sound?_ One uttered with intonated or resonant breath.
20. _In changing the word traffic to trafficked, why supply the letter k?_ To preserve the proper sound of c.