AEROSTA"TION, _aerial navigation_.
AIR, _the atmosphere; a melody; the bearing of a person_.
AIR"Y, _open to the air; gay, sprightly_.
2. AG"EIN (a?e??), _to lead_.
APAGO"GE, _a leading away; an indirect argument_
DEM"AGOGUE (Gr. n. _de"mos_, the people), _a misleader of the people_.
PARAGO"GE (literally, a leading or extension beyond), _the addition of a letter or syllable to the end of a word_.
PED"AGOGUE (Gr. n. _pais_, a child), _a schoolmaster; a pedantic person_..
SYN"AGOGUE, _a Jewish place of worship_.
3. A"GON (a???), a contest.
AG"ONY, _extreme pain_.
AG"ONIZE, _to be in agony_.
ANTAG"ONISM, _direct opposition_.
ANTAG"ONIST, _or_ ANTAGONIS"TIC, _contending against_.
4. ANG"ELLEIN (a??e??e??), _to bring tidings_; ANG"ELLOS (a??e????), _a messenger_.
AN"GEL, _a spiritual messenger_.
ANGEL"IC, _relating to an angel_.
ARCHAN"GEL (Gr. prefix _archi-_, chief), _an angel of the highest order_.
EVAN"GEL (Gr. prefix _eu_, well), _good tidings; the gospel_.
EVAN"GELIST, _one of the writers of the four gospels_.
5. AR"CHE (a???), _beginning, government, chief_.
AN"ARCHY, _want of government_.
AR"CHITECT (Gr. n. _tek"ton_, workman), literally, _a chief builder, one who devises plans for buildings_.
AR"CHIVES, _records_.
HEP"TARCHY (Gr. _hepta_, seven), _a sevenfold government_.
HI"ERARCHY (Gr. adj. _hi"eros_, sacred), _dominion in sacred things; a sacred body of rulers_.
MON"ARCH (Gr. adj. _mon"os_, alone), _one who rules alone, a sovereign_.
MON"ARCHY, _government by one person, a kingdom_.
OLIGARCHY (Gr. adj. _ol"igos_, few), _government by a few, an aristocracy_.
PA"TRIARCH (Gr. n. _pat"er_, a father), _the father and ruler of a family_.
PATRIAR"CHAL, _relating to patriarchs_.
6. AS"TRON (ast???), _a star_.
AS"TERISK, _a mark like a star (*) used to refer to a note, and sometimes to mark an omission of words_.
AS"TEROID (Gr. adj. _ei"dos_, like), _one of the numerous small planets between Mars and Jupiter_.
AS"TRAL, _belonging to the stars_.
ASTROL"OGY, _the pretended science of foretelling events by the stars_.
ASTRON"OMY (Gr. n. _nom"os_, a law), _the science that treats of the stars_.
ASTRON"OMER, _one skilled in astronomy_.
DISAS"TER, _calamity, misfortune_.
DISAS"TROUS, _unlucky; calamitous_.
7. AU"TOS (a?t??), _one"s self_.
AUTOBIOG"RAPHY (Gr. n. _bi"os_, life, _graph"ein_, to write), _the life of a person written by himself_.
AU"TOCRAT (Gr. n. _krat"os_, power), _an absolute ruler_.
AUTOCRAT"IC, _like an autocrat_.
AU"TOGRAPH, _one"s own handwriting_.
AUTOM"ATON (Gr. _mema"otes_, striving after), _a self-acting machine_.
AUTHEN"TIC, _genuine, true_.