(5.) What is the ordinary use of the word "affluence"? An "affluence of ideas," means what?
(6.) Compose a sentence containing the word "confluence." MODEL: "New York City stands at the —— of two streams."
(8.) Mention a noun corresponding to the adjective "superfluous."—Compose a sentence containing the word "superfluous."—What is its opposite? Ans. Scanty, meager.
19. GREX, gre'gis, a flock or herd.
Radical: greg-.
1. ag'gregate, v.: ag (for ad) + greg + ate = to cause to be brought into a flock: hence, to gather, to assemble.
2. egre'gious: e + greg + (i)ous, through Lat. adj. egre'gius, chosen from the herd: hence, remarkable.
OBS.—Its present use is in association with inferiority.
3. con'gregate: con + greg + ate = to perform the act of flocking together: hence, to assemble.