1. noncommittal 7. nonpareil
2. non compos mentis 8. non-payment
3. nonconductor 9. nonplus
4. nondescript10. non-resident
5. nonentity11. nonsense
6. nonessential12. nonsuit

2. Com, with + pos, power + mentis, of mind. Literally, not with power of mind. Not of sound mind; not capable, mentally, of managing one's own affairs.

4. That which has not been described; difficult to describe; new, novel, odd.

5. Entity means thing or being; hence a nonentity is no thing or nothing. Often applied to a person or thing which counts for little or nothing.

9. Plus means more. Literally, a person is nonplused when he can do no more, or go no further; puzzled, confounded, embarrassed.

(It seems unnecessary to append definitions or illustrations to other words of the above list.)

per = through, thoroughly, by.

1. per ambul ate, walk 9. per fume, smoke
2. per ceive, take10. per mit, let go
3. per cent, hundred11. per plex, entangle
4. per col ate, filter12. per secute, follow
5. per enni al, year13. per sist, stand
6. per fect, make14. per vade, go
7. per for ate, bore15. per vert, turn
8. per form, form16. per vi ous, way

1. To walk through or over. He got out of bed and perambulated the room for some minutes.

2. To take or obtain knowledge through the senses. To take with a thorough mental grasp; to understand.