34. CEN"TUM, _a hundred_.
CENT: cent; cent"age; cen"tenary (Lat. adj. _centena"rius_); centena"rian; centen"nial (Lat. n. _an"nus_, a year); cen"tigrade (Lat. n. _gra"dus_, a degree); cen"tipede (Lat. n. _pes_, _pe"dis_, the foot); cen"tuple (Lat.
adj. _centu"plex_, hundredfold); centu"rion (Lat. n. _centu"rio_, a captain of a hundred); cent"ury (Lat. n. _centu"ria_, a hundred years); percent"age.
35. CER"NERE: cer"no, cre"tum, _to sift, to see, to judge_; Discrimen, discrim"inis, _distinction_.
CERN: con-, de-, dis-; unconcern"; discern"er, discern"ible, discern"ment.
CRET: decre"tal, _a book of decrees_; discre"tion; discre"tionary; excre"tion; se"cret; sec"retary.
DISCRIMIN: -ate, -ation; indiscrim"inate.
Decree" (Fr. n. _decret_); discreet" (Fr. adj. _discret_); discrete"
(literally, sifted apart), _separate_.
36. CERTA"RE: cer"to, certa"tum, _to contend, to vie_.
CERT: con"cert (n.); concert" (v.); disconcert"; preconcert".
37. CIN"GERE: cin"go, cinc"tum, _to gird_.
CINCT: cinct"ure; pre"cinct; succinct", literally, _girded or tucked up, compressed, concise_; succinct"ness.
38. CIR"CUS, _a circle_; cir"culus, _a little circle_.
CIRC: cir"cus, _an open s.p.a.ce for sports_; cir"clet.
CIRCUL: -ar, -ate, -ation, -atory.
Cir"cle (Fr. n. _cercle_); encir"cle; sem"icircle.
39. CITA"RE: ci"to, cita"tum, _to stir up, to rouse_.
CITE: cite, _to summon or quote_; excite" (-able, -ability, -ment); incite"
(-ment); recite" (-al); resus"citate (Lat. v. _suscita"re_, to raise).
CITAT: cita"tion; recita"tion; recitative", _a species of musical recitation_.
CIVIS. (See p. 31.)
40. CLAMA"RE: cla"mo, clama"tum, _to cry out, to shout_; Clam"or, _a loud cry_.
CLAIM: claim (v. and n., to demand; a demand), ac-, de-, dis-, ex-, pro-, re-; claim"ant; reclaim"a"ble.
CLAMAT: acclama"tion; declama"tion; declam"atory; exclama"tion; exclam"atory; proclama"tion; reclama"tion.
CLAMOR: clam"or (v. and n.), -er, -ous.
EXERCISE.
The _decay_ of the tree was caused by the _incisions_ which had _accidentally_ been made in the bark. The _captives_ will be set at liberty, but the _precise_ time of their _emanc.i.p.ation_ has not been fixed.
The harbor is _capacious_, and can _receive_ vessels of the largest size.
The merits of the _candidates_ were _discriminated_ with great _candor_. We were _enchanted_ with the _carnival_ at Rome. This _recitation_ is satisfactory. Have you ever seen a _centigrade_ thermometer? Nothing is so _successful_ as _success_. The number of _concentric circles_ in the trunk marked the age of the tree. No _censer_ round our altar beams. The heat being _excessive_, we took shelter in the _recesses_ of a _cave_.
_Precision_ is the _princ.i.p.al_ quality of good writing. Franklin"s father was a tallow _chandler_. Last _century_ there was great _carnage_ in America. _Infanticide_ is much practiced in China. The _proclamation_ was widely _circulated_. The president was _inaugurated_ on the 4th of March.
The _census_ is taken every ten years. _Conceit_ is worse than _eccentricity_. Have you filed your _caveat_?
41. CLAU"DERE: clau"do, clau"sum, _to shut, to close_.
CLUD: conclude"; exclude"; include"; preclude"; seclude".
CLUS: conclu"sion; conclu"sive; exclu"sion; exclu"sive; recluse"; seclu"sion.
CLOSE: close (v., n., adj.); clos"et; close"ness; inclose" (-ure); enclose"
(-ure).
Clause (Fr. n. _clause_); clois"ter (old Fr. n. _cloistre_).
42. CLINA"RE: cli"no, clina"tum, _to bend_; Cli"vus, _a slope or hill_.
CLINAT: inclina"tion.
CLINE: de-, in-, re-.
CLIV: accliv"ity; decliv"ity; procliv"ity.
43. COL"ERE: co"lo, cul"tum, _to till, to cultivate_ (_Low Lat._ Cultiva"re, _to cultivate_).
CULT: cult"ure (Lat. n. _cultu"ra_, a cultivation); ag"riculture (Lat. n.
_a"ger_, a field); arboricult"ure (Lat. n. _ar"bor_, a tree); flor"iculture (Lat. n. _flos_, _flo"ris_, a flower); hor"ticulture (Lat. n. _hor"tus_, a garden); ausculta"tion (Lat. n. _ausculta"tio_, a listening; hence, a test of the lungs).
CULTIV: -ate, -ation, -ator.
Col"ony (Lat. n. _colo"nia_, a settlement); colo"nial; col"onist; col"onize.
COR. (See page 32.)
CORPUS. (See page 33.)