New Word-Analysis

Chapter 32

SOLUT: solu"tion; ab"solute (-ion); dis"solute (-ion); res"olute (-ion).

Sol"uble (Lat. adj. _solu"bilis_); solubil"ity.

190. SPEC"ERE _or_ SPIC"ERE: Spe"cio _or_ spi"cio, spec"tum, _to behold_; Spe"cies, _a kind_.

SPIC: aus"pices (literally, omens drawn from the inspection of birds); auspi"cious; conspic"uous (Lat. adj. _conspic"uus_, wholly visible); conspicu"ity; des"picable (Lat. _despicab"ilis_, deserving to be despised); perspic"uous (Lat. adj. _perspic"uus_, that may be seen through); perspicu"ity; suspi"cion; suspi"cious.

SPECT: as"pect; cir"c.u.mspect (-ion); expect" (-ant, -ation); inspect"

(-ion, -or); perspec"tive; pros"pect (-ive); prospec"tus (Lat. n.

_prospec"tus_, a view forward); respect" (literally, to look again: hence, to esteem or regard); respect"able; respect"ful; re"tro-spect (-ive); suspect".

SPECIES: spe"cies; spe"cial (-ist, -ity, -ize); spe"cie; spec"ify (-ic, -ication); spe"cious, _showy_.

Spec"imen (Lat. n. _spec"imen_, a sample); spec"tacle (Lat. n.

_spectac"ulum_, anything presented to view); specta"tor (Lat. n.

_specta"tor_, a beholder); spec"ter (Lat. n. _spec"trum_, an image); spec"tral; spec"trum (pl. spec"tra), _an image_; spec"troscope (Gr. v.

_skopein_, to view), _an instrument for a.n.a.lysing light_; spec"ulate (Lat.

n. _spec"ula_, a lookout), _to contemplate_, _to traffic for great profit_; specula"tion; spec"ulative.

191. SPIRA"RE: spi"ro, spira"tum, _to breathe_; Spir"itus, _breath, spirit_.

SPIR: spir"acle, _a breathing pore_; aspire" (-ant); conspire" (-acy); expire"; expir"ing; inspire"; perspire"; respire"; transpire".

SPIRAT: aspira"tion; as"pirate; conspir"ator; inspira"tion; perspira"tion; respira"tion; respir"atory.

SPIRITUS: spir"it; spir"itual (-ity); spir"ituous.

Sprightly (spright, a contraction of spirit); sprite (a contraction of spirit).

192. SPONDE"RE: spon"deo, spon"sum, _to promise_.

SPOND: correspond", _to answer one to another_; correspond"ence; correspond"ent; despond" (literally, to promise away: hence, to give up, to despond); despond"ency; respond".

SPONS: spon"sor, _a surety_; response" (-ible, -ibility, -ive); irrespon"sible.

Spouse (Old Fr. n. _espous_, _espouse_ = Lat. _spon"sus_, _spon"sa_); espouse" (Old Fr. v. _espouser_ = Lat. _sponsa"re_, to betroth, from _spondere_).

193. STA"RE: sto, sta"tum (_in comp._ sti"tum, _to stand; pres. part._ stans, stan"tis, _standing_); SIS"TERE: sis"to, sta"tum, _to cause to stand_; STATU"ERE: stat"uo, statu"tum, _to station, to fix, to place_.

STANT: cir"c.u.mstance (from part. _circ.u.mstans"_, _circ.u.mstan"tis_, through Lat. n. _circ.u.mstan"tia_, Fr. _circonstance_), _the condition of things surrounding or attending an event_; circ.u.mstan"tial; circ.u.mstan"tiate; con"stant; con"stancy; dis"tant (literally, standing asunder: hence, remote, reserved); dis"tance; ex"tant; in"stant; instanta"neous; transubstan"tiate, _to change to another substance_.

STAT: state; sta"tion (-ary, -er, -ery); state"ly; state"ment; states"man; stat"ue (-ary); stat"ure.

St.i.t: supersti"tion (literally, a standing over, as if awe-struck); supersti"tious.

STATUT: stat"ute (-ory).

St.i.tU: con"st.i.tute (literally, to set or station together: hence, to establish, to make); const.i.tu"tion (-al); const.i.tuent; const.i.t"uency; des"t.i.tute (literally, put from or away: hence, forsaken, in want of); in"st.i.tute (literally, to place into: hence, to found, to commence); rest.i.tu"tion; sub"st.i.tute (-ion).

Sta"ble; (Lat. adj. _stab"ilis_, standing firmly); stab"lish; estab"lish (-ment); stay, literally, _to keep standing_; ar"mistice (Lat. n. _ar"ma_, arms), _a temporary stand-still of war_; arrest" (Old Fr. _arrester_ = Lat.

_ad_ + _restare_, to stay back, to remain); contrast" (Lat. _contra_ + _sta"re_, to stand against); inter"stice; ob"stacle; ob"stinate; sol"stice (Lat. n. _sol_, the sun).

194. STRIN"GERE: strin"go, stric"tum, _to bind; to draw tight_.

STRING: strin"gent; astrin"gent; astrin"gency.

STRICT: strict (-ness, -ure); dis"trict, _a defined portion of a country_; restrict" (-ion).

Strain (Old Fr. _straindre_ = Lat. _strin"gere_); constrain"; dis-train"; restrain"; restraint".

195. STRU"ERE: stru"o, struc"tum, _to build, to place in order_.

STRUCT: struct"ure; construct" (-ion, -ive); destruct"ible; destruc"tion; instruct" (-ion,-ive,-or); obstruct"(-ion); superstruct"ure.

Con"strue; destroy"; in"strument (Lat. n. _instrumen"tum_); instrumental"ity.

196. SU"MERE: su"mo, sump"tum, _to take_; Sump"tus, _cost, expense_.

SUM: a.s.sume"; consume" (-er); presume"; resume".

SUMPT: sumpt"uous (Lat. adj. _sumptuo"sus_, expensive); sumpt"uary, _relating to expense_; a.s.sumption; consumption; consump"tive; presump"tion; presump"tive; presump"tuous.

197. TAN"GERE: tan"go, tac"tum, _to touch_.

TANG: tan"gent, _a straight line which touches a circle or curve_; tan"gible.

TACT: tact, _peculiar faculty or skill_; con"tact; intact".

Attain" (Fr. v. _attaindre_, to reach); attain"able; conta"gion, _communication of disease by contact or touch_; contam"inate, _to defile, to infect_; contig"uous; contin"gent.

TEMPUS. (See page 48.)

198. TEN"DERE: ten"do, ten"sum _or_ ten"tum, _to stretch_.

TEND: tend, _to aim at, take care of_; tend"ency; attend" (-ance, -ant); contend"; distend"; extend"; intend" (literally, to stretch to), _to purpose, to design_; portend" (literally, to stretch forward), _to presage, to betoken_; pretend" (literally, to stretch forth), _to affect, feel_; subtend", _to extend under_; superintend" (-ence, -ent).

TENS: tense (adj.), _stretched_; ten"sion; intense" (-ify); osten"sible (Lat. v. _osten"dere_, to stretch out or spread before one), _apparent_; pretense".

TENT: tent, literally, _a shelter of stretched canvas_; tentac"ula, _the feelers of certain animals_; atten"tion; atten"tive; conten"tion; conten"tious; extent"; intent" (-ion); ostenta"tion; ostenta"tious; por"tent, _an ill omen_.

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