19. O"DE (?de), _a song_.
ODE, _a lyric poem_.
MEL"ODY (Gr. n. _mel"os_, a song), _an agreeable succession of musical sounds_.
PAR"ODY, _the alteration of the works of an author to another subject_.
PROS"ODY, _the study of versification_.
PSAL"MODY, _the practice of singing psalms_.
TRAG"EDY (Gr. n. _trag"os_, a goat[9]), _a dramatic representation of a sad or calamitous event_.
EXERCISE.
The _periods_ of _astronomy_ go far beyond any _chronology_. The _phonograph_ and the _telegraph_ are both American inventions. By the aid of a _diagram_ the _problem_ was readily solved. Dr. Holmes, the _Autocrat_ of the Breakfast Table, has written many _parodies_. In the struggle between _monarchy_ and _democracy_ Mexico has often been in a state of _anarchy_. His _antagonist_ suffered great _agony_ from the _disaster_ that occurred. The _eulogy_ p.r.o.nounced on the great _zoologist_ Aga.s.siz was well deserved. What is the _etymological_ distinction between _geography_ and _geology_? The _aeronaut_ took with him a _barometer_, a _thermometer_, and a _chronometer_. I owe you an _apology_ for not better knowing your _genealogy. Typography_ has been well called "the art preservative of all the arts." Who is called the great American _lexicographer? Tautology_ is to be avoided by all who make any pretence to _grammar_. One may be a _democrat_ without being a _demagogue_. You cannot be an _architect_ without knowing _geometry. Zoology_ shows that there is great _symmetry_ in the structure of animals. The pretensions of _astrology_ are now dissipated into thin _air_. Many persons skilled in _physiology_ do not believe in hydropathy. Longfellow"s "Evangeline" is written in _hexameter_, and Milton"s "Paradise Lost" in _pentameter_.
20. ON"OMA (???a), _a name_.
ANON"YMOUS, _without a name_.
METON"YMY, _a rhetorical figure in which one word is put for another_.
ON"OMATOPOE"IA, _the forming of words whose sound suggests the sense_.
PARON"YMOUS, _of like derivation_.
PATRONYM"IC (Gr. n. _pat"er_, a father), _a name derived from a parent or ancestor_.
PSEU"DONYM (Gr. adj. _pseu"des_, false), _a fict.i.tious name_.
SYN"ONYM, _a word having the same meaning as another in the same language_.
21. PAN (pa?, pa?t??), _all; whole_.
PANACE"A (Gr. v. _ak"eomai_, I cure), _a universal cure_.
PAN"CREAS (Gr. n. _kre"as_, flesh), _a fleshy gland situated at the bottom of the stomach_.
PAN"DECT, _a treatise which combines the whole of any science_.
PANEGYR"IC (Gr. n. _ag"ora_, an a.s.sembly), _an oration in praise of some person or event_.
PAN"OPLY (Gr. n. _hop"la_, armor), _a complete suit of armor_.
PANORA"MA (Gr. n. _hor"ama_, a sight or view), _a large picture gradually unrolled before an a.s.sembly_.
PAN"THEISM (Gr. n. _the"os_, G.o.d), _the doctrine that nature is G.o.d_.
PAN"THEON, _a temple dedicated to all the G.o.ds_.
PAN"TOMIME, _a scene or representation in dumb show_.
22. PA"THOS (pa???), _suffering, feeling_.
PATHET"IC, _affecting the emotions_.
PATHOL"OGY, _the science of diseases_.
ALLOP"ATHY, _a mode of medical practice_.
ANTIP"ATHY, _dislike, aversion_.
AP"ATHY, _want of feeling_.
HOMEOP"ATHY, _a mode of medical practice_.
HYDROP"ATHY. See _hudor_.
SYM"PATHY, _fellow-feeling_.
23. PHIL"OS (f????), _a friend, a lover_.
PHILADEL"PHIA (Gr. n. _adel"phos_, a brother), literally, _the city of brotherly love_.
PHILANTHROPY (Gr. n. _anthro"pos_, a man), _love of mankind_.
PHILHARMON"IC (Gr. n. _harmo"nia_, harmony), _loving harmony or music_.
PHILOS"OPHY (Gr. n. _sophi"a_, wisdom), _the general laws or principles belonging to any department of knowledge_.
PHILOS"OPHER, _one versed in philosophy or science_.
PHILOSOPH"IC, PHILOSOPH"ICAL, _relating to philosophy_.
24. PHA"NEIN (fa??e??), _to cause to appear_; PHANTA"SIA (fa?tas?a), _an image, an idea_.
DIAPH"ANOUS, _translucent_.
EPIPH"ANY, _the festival commemorative of the manifestation of Christ by the star of Bethlehem_.
FAN"CY, _a pleasing image; a conceit or whim_.