Orthography | Page 6

account of.
8. Having heart; hence bravery, calmness, firmness. (The heart is
accounted the seat of bravery; hence the derivative sense of courage.)
#corpus, corpor# = body.
1. corpse 2. corps (pronounce core) 3. corpor al, relating to 4. corpu
lent, full of 5. incorpor ate, make 6. corpus cle, small 7. corset 8.
habeas corpus. You may have
1. The body only; hence a dead body.
2. A body of soldiers.
3. Relating to the body; as corporal punishment.
4. A corpulent person is fleshy; literally full of body.
5. To make into a body in the legal sense, so that a number of
individuals may transact business legally as one person.

6. A small body; a minute particle.
7. In the middle ages, a close-fitting body garment, having sleeves and
skirt.
8. Literally, you may have the body. A writ requiring the body of a
person restrained of liberty to be brought into court that the lawfulness
of the restraint may be investigated.
#cura, curo# = care.
1. cure 2. curable, capable of 3. curate, one who 4. curi ous, full of 5.
mani cure, hand 6. ac cur ate, to 7. pro cure, for 8. se cure, aside
1. To take care of; to restore to health.
2. Capable of being cured or restored by care.
3. One who has the care of souls; a parish priest.
4. Formerly, curious meant full of care, or careful, nice, precise; as,
"Men were not curious what syllables or particles they used." Eager to
learn; inquisitive.
5. To care for the hands and nails.
6. A thing is made accurate by giving care to it.
7. Literally, to care for; to look after; as, "I procured that rumor to be
spread." To obtain; to get.
8. Aside, or free, from care, anxiety, or fear; safe.
THIRD MONTH.
#pre# = before.
1. pre amble, walk 2. pre cede, go 3. pre ced ent, that which 4. pre cip
ice, head 5. pre clude, shut 6. pre coc ious, cook, ripe 7. pre curs or, run

8. pre destinate, to determine 9. pre dict, speak 10. pre face, say 11. pre
fer, bring 12. pre fix, fasten 13. pre judice, judgment 14. pre limin ary,
threshold 15. pre mature, ripe 16. pre monit ion, warning 17. pre pare,
make ready 18. pre posit ion, place 19. pre poster ous, after 20. pre
scribe, write
1. The introductory part of a discourse. Formerly preamble meant, to
walk over beforehand; as, "I will take a thorough view of those who
have preambled this by path."
3. That which has gone before. A previous example or usage which has,
in some measure at least, become established; as, a custom, habit, or
rule.
4. A headlong fall; an abrupt descent. Literally, head foremost.
5. See second month, page 16.
6. Ripe in understanding at an early age or before due time; as, a
precocious child.
7. A precursor is a forerunner. That which precedes an event and
indicates its approach.
8. To determine beforehand by an unchangeable purpose or decree.
"Whom He did foreknow He also did predestinate to be conformed to
the image of His Son."
11. To prefer one thing to another is to bring or set it before the other
in estimation. To hold in greater liking or esteem.
13. A prejudgment formed without due examination. "Prejudice is the
child of ignorance."
14. Literally, before the threshold. Preceding or leading up to
something more important; as preliminary arrangements.
18. A preposition is so called because usually placed before the word
with which it is phrased.

19. Anything is preposterous when it is contrary to nature, reason, or
common sense. Literally, having that last which ought to be first; as,
the "cart before the horse".
20. To lay down beforehand in writing as a rule of action. "Prescribe
not us our duties."
#re# = back, again.
1. re bound, leap 2. re cede, go 3. re claim, call 4. re cluse, shut 5. re
cogn ize, know 6. re con struct, build 7. re course, run 8. re create,
make 9. re cruit, grow 10. re cur, run 11. re flect, bend 12. re fresh, new
13. re hash, chop 14. re im burse, purse 15. re ject, throw 16. re juven
ate, young 17. re lapse, slip 18. re late, carry 19. re lease, loose 20. re
mit, send 21. re morse, bite 22. re nov ate, new 23. re pel, drive 24. re
plen ish, full 25. re pulse, drive 26. re sult, leap 27. re sume, take (up)
28. re surrect ion, rise 29. re tain, hold 30. re tract, draw
Use each of the above words in a sentence and illustrate its meaning,
thus: A ball thrown against a brick wall will rebound