(6.) Compose a sentence containing the word "insubordination."--Give the opposite of "insubordination"? _Ans. Subordination, obedience._
27. PARS, par"tis, _a part or share_.
Radical: PART-.
1. PART: from part_is_ = a share.
2. PAR"TICLE: part + (_i_)cle = a small part.
3. PAR"TIAL: part + (_i_)al = relating to a part rather than the whole: hence, inclined to favor one party or person or thing.
4. PAR"TY: through Fr. n. _partie_: a set of persons (that is, a part of the people) engaged in some design.
5. PAR"TISAN: through Fr. n. _partisan_ = a party man.
6. DEPART": de + part = to take one"s self away from one part to another.
EXERCISE.
(1.) What part of speech is "part" besides a noun?--Write a sentence containing this word as a noun; another as a verb.
(2.) Point out the connection of meaning between "particle" and "particular." _Ans_. "Particular"" means taking note of the minute parts or _particles_ of a given subject.
(3.) What is the negative of "partial"? _Ans. Impartial._--Define it.
(4.) Explain what is meant by a "political _party_."
(6.) Combine and define depart + ure.
28. PES, pe"dis, _a foot_.
Radical: PED-.
1. PED"AL: ped + al = an instrument made to be moved by the foot.
2. BI"PED: bi + ped = a two-footed animal.
3. QUAD"RUPED: quadru + ped = a four-footed animal. (_Quadru_, from _quatuor_, four.)
4. PED"DLER: literally, a trader who travels on foot.
5. EXPEDITE": ex + ped + ite (_ite_, equivalent to _ate_) = literally, to free the feet from entanglement: hence, to hasten.
6. EXPEDI"TION: ex + ped + ite + ion = the act of expediting: hence, (1) the quality of being expeditious, promptness; (2) a sending forth for the execution of some object of importance.
7. IMPED"IMENT: through Lat. n. _impedimentum_; literally, something which _impedes_ or entangles the feet: hence, an obstacle, an obstruction.
EXERCISE.
(2.) Make up a sentence containing the word "biped."
(3.) Make up a sentence containing the word "quadruped."
(4.) What is the English verb from which "peddler" comes?--In what other way is "peddler" sometimes spelled? _Ans._ It is sometimes spelled with but one _d_--thus, _pedler_.
(5.) "To expedite the growth of plants": what does that mean?--Give the opposite of "expedite." _Ans._ To _r.e.t.a.r.d_.
(6.) Point out the double sense of the word "expedition" in the following sentences: "With winged _expedition_, swift as lightning."--_Milton_. "The _expedition_ of Cortez miserably failed."--_Prescott._
(7.) Compose a sentence containing the word "impediment."--What is meant by "_impediment_ of speech"?--Is the word here used in its literal or its figurative sense?
29. RUM"PERE: rum"po, rup"tum, _to break_.
Radical: RUPT-.
1. RUP"TURE: rupt + ure = the act of breaking with another; that is, a _breach_ of friendly relations.
2. ERUP"TION: e + rupt + ion = the act of breaking or bursting out.
3. ABRUPT": ab + rupt = broken off short: hence, having a sudden termination.
4. CORRUPT": cor (for _con_) + rupt = thoroughly broken up: hence, decomposed, depraved.
5. INTERRUPT": inter + rupt = to break in between: hence, to hinder.
6. BANK"RUPT: literally, one who is bank-broken, who cannot pay his debts, an insolvent debtor.
EXERCISE.
(1.) What other part of speech than a noun is "rupture"? _Ans._ A verb.--Compose one sentence using the word as a verb, the other as a noun.--What does the "_rupture_ of a blood vessel" mean? Is this the literal sense of the word?--The "_rupture_ of friendly relations" between Maine and Ma.s.sachusetts: is this its literal or its figurative sense?
(2.) Compose a sentence containing the word "eruption."
(3.) Combine and define abrupt + ness; abrupt + ly.--When we speak of an "_abrupt_ manner," what is meant?--When we speak of an "_abrupt_ descent,"
what is meant?
(4.) Explain what is meant by "corrupt principles"; a "_corrupt_ judge."--Combine and define corrupt + ion; corrupt + ible; in + corrupt + ible.--What other part of speech than an adjective is "corrupt"?--What part of speech is it in the sentence "evil communications _corrupt_ good manners"?
30. TEM"PUS, tem"poris, _time_.
Radical: TEMPOR-.