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_.
178. SA"LUS, salu"tis, _health_; Sal"vus, _safe_.
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. _salf_ or _sauf_); safe"ty; save; sav"ior salu"brious (Lat. adj. _salu"bris_, health-giving); salu"brity.
179. SCAN"DERE: scan"do (_in comp._ scen"do), scan"dum (_in comp._ scen"sum), _to climb_.
SCEND: ascend" (-ant, -ency); descend" (-ant); condescend" (-ing); transcend" (-ent); transcendental.
SCENS: ascen"sion; ascent"; condescen"sion.
180. SCRIB"ERE: scri"bo, scrip"tum, _to write_.
SCRIB: ascribe", _to impute to_; circ.u.mscribe", _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 (see _ma.n.u.s_); post"script; prescrip"tion; proscription; subscription; superscrip"tion; tran"script.
Scribe (Fr. n. _scribe_); scrib"ble; escritoire".
181. SECA"RE: se"co, sec"tum, _to cut_.
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_.
182. SEDE"RE: se"deo (_in comp._ se"do), ses"sum, _to sit_.
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".
SID: a.s.sid"uous; a.s.sidu"ity; insid"ious (literally, sitting in wait against); preside" (literally, to sit before or over); pres"ident; presidence; reside" (-ence); res"idue; resid"uary; subside"; subsidiary.
SESS: ses"sion (-al); a.s.sess" (literally, to sit by or near a person or thing); a.s.sess"ment; a.s.sess"or; possess" (Lat. v. _possid"ere, posses"sum_, to sit upon: hence, to occupy in person, to have or hold); posses"sion; possess"or; posses"sive; prepossess", _to take possession of beforehand, to prejudice_.
183. SENTI"RE: sen"tio, sen"sum, _to feel, to think_.
SENT: scent (Old English _sent_), _odor_; sen"tence (Lat. n. _senten"tia_); senten"tious (Lat. adj. _sententio"sus_, full of thought); sentiment (Fr.
n. _sentiment_); sentimen"tal; a.s.sent", _to agree to_; consent" (literally, to think or feel together), _to acquiesce, to permit_; dissent" (-er); dissen"tient; presen"timent; resent" (literally, to feel back), _to take ill_; resent"ment.
SENS: sense (-less, -ation, -ible, -itive); insen"sate; non"sense; sen"sual (Lat. adj. _sensua"lis_); sen"sualist; sen"suous.
184. SE"QUI: se"quor, secu"tus, _to follow_.
SEQU: se"quence, _order of succession_; consequent; con"sequence; consequential; ob"sequies, _formal rites_; obse"quious (literally, following in the way of another), _meanly condescending_; sub"sequent (-ly).
SECUT: consec"utive; persecute (-ion, -or); pros"ecute (-ion).
Se"quel (Lat. n. _seque"la_, that which follows); sue (Old Fr. v. _suire_, New Fr. _suivre = se"qui), to follow at law_; suit; suit"able; suit"or; suite (Fr. n. _suite_), _a train or set_; ensue" (Fr. v. _ensuivre_, to follow, to result from); pursue" (Fr. v. _poursuivre_, to follow hard, to chase); pursu"ance; pursu"ant; pursuit"; pur"suivant, _a state messenger_; ex"ecute (Fr. v. _executer_ = Lat. _ex"sequi_); execu"tion; exec"utor; exec"utrix.
185. SERVA"RE: ser"vo, serva"tum, _to save, to keep, to bind_.
SERV: conserve"; observe" (-able, -ance); preserve" (-er); reserve"; unreserved".
SERVAT: conserv"ative; conserv"atory; observ"ation; observ"atory; preserva"tion; preserv"ative; reserva"tion.
Res"ervoir (Fr. n. _reservoir_ = Lat. _reservato"rium_, a place where anything is kept in store).
EXERCISE.
The puzzle is _complicated_ and _displays_ much _ingenuity_ on the _part_ of the inventor. A _reply_ may be _explicit_ without showing _duplicity_.
It was urged that the _election_ of _delegates_ be _postponed_. The _portmanteau_ containing _important_ papers was left at the _merchant"s office_. An _impostor_ is sure to show _opposition_ to the course of _justice_. Coleridge holds that it is _possible_ to _apprehend_ a truth without _comprehending_ it. The _bankrupt_ was so _arrogant_ that his _creditors_ were not _disposed_ to be lenient with him. Most of the questions _proposed_ by the _rector_ were answered in the _negative_. What is the origin of the word _derivation_? The _region_ is _described_ as healthful. The _ma.n.u.script_ was _transcribed_ and _subscribed_ by the _author_. It is _salutary_ to be _rivals_ in all worthy _ambitions_.
186. SIG"NUM, _a sign_.
SIGN: sign; sig"nal (-ize); sig"net; sig"nify; signif"icant; signif"icance; significa"tion; a.s.sign" (Lat. v. _a.s.signa"re_, to designate); a.s.signee"; consign" (Lat. v. _consigna"re_, to seal) _to intrust to another_; consign"ment; coun"tersign, _to sign what has already been signed by another_; design", _to plan_; design"er; des"ignate, _to name_, _to point out_; designa"tion; en"sign, _the officer who carries the flag of a regiment_; insig"nia, _badges of office_; resign" (-ation); sig"nature (Lat. n. _signatu"ra_, a sign or stamp).
187. SIM"ILIS, _like_.
SIMIL: sim"ilar (-ity); sim"i-le, _a formal likening or comparison_; simil"itude; verisimil"itude (Lat. adj. _ve"rus_, true); dissim"ilar; a.s.sim"ilate; fac-sim"ile (Lat. _v. fac"ere_, to make), an exact copy; sim"ulate (Lat. v. _simula"re_, _simula"tum_, to make like).
Dissimula"tion (Lat. v. _dissimula"re_, _dissimula"tum_, to feign); dissem"ble (Fr. v. _dissembler_ = Lat. _dissimula"re_); resem"ble (Fr. v.
_ressembler_).
188. SIS"TERE: sisto, sta"tum, _to cause to stand, to stand_.
SIST: a.s.sist" (-ance, -ant); consist" (-ent, -ency); desist"; exist" (for ex-sist), _to stand out_: hence, _to be, to live_; exist"ence; co-exist"; pre-exist"; insist", _to stand upon, to urge firmly_; persist" (-ent, -ence); resist" (-ance, -ible); subsist (-ence).
189. SOL"VERE: sol"vo, solu"tum, _to loosen_.
SOLV: solve (-able, -ent, -ency); absolve"; dissolve"; resolve".