Radicals: audi-, and audit-.
1. au'dible: audi + ble = that may be heard.
2. au'dience: audi + ence = literally, the condition of hearing: hence, an assemblage of hearers, an auditory.
3. au'dit: from audit(um) = to hear a statement: hence, to examine accounts.
4. au'ditor: audit + or = one who hears, a hearer.
OBS.—This word has a secondary meaning, namely: an officer who examines accounts.
5. obe'dient: through obediens, obedient(is), the present participle of obedire (compounded of ob, towards, and audire): literally, giving ear to: hence, complying with the wishes of another.
EXERCISE.
(1.) "Audible" means that can be heard: what prefix would you affix to it to form a word denoting what can not be heard?—What is the adverb from the adjective "audible"?—Write a sentence containing this word.
(2.) What is meant when you read in history of a king's giving audience?