| abstract | contrast | ferment | prefix |
| accent | converse | forecast | present |
| compound | convict | frequent | produce |
| conflict | desert | incense | project |
| concert | escort | insult | record |
| contract | export | permit | survey |
[Third Month.]
WORDS.
A WORD is a sign of an idea. It may be either spoken or written.
A PRIMITIVE, OR ROOT, word is one not derived from any other word of the language; as, fix, strike, man.
A DERIVATIVE is a word formed from a primitive by changing it internally, or by adding a prefix or suffix; as, men, suffix, strikers.
A SIMPLE WORD is a single word. It may be either primitive or derivative.
A COMPOUND WORD is a combination of two or more simple words; as, buck-saw, well-behaved, school-room.
A word of one syllable is a monosyllable (mono = one); of two syllables, a dissyllable (dis = two); of three syllables, a trisyllable (tri = three); of three or more syllables, a polysyllable (poly = many).
The ROOT of a word is its fundamental or elementary part which carries the primitive notion or significance with it, without prefix or suffix; as, ge (earth), graph (write), vol (wish).
A PREFIX is a significant syllable joined to the beginning of a word; as, autograph, circumvent, amphitheater.