EXERCISE.
(1.) What other part of speech than a verb is "aggregate"?—Why is this word spelled with a double g?
(2.) Combine and define egregious + ly.—What does an "egregious blunder" mean?—Compose a sentence containing the word "egregious."
(3.) Why is it incorrect to speak of congregating together?—Combine and define congregate + ion.
20. I'RE: e'o, i'tum, to go.
Radical: it-.
1. ambi'tion: amb (around) + it + ion = the act of going around. DEFINITION: an eager desire for superiority or power.
OBS.—This meaning arose from the habit of candidates for office in Rome going around to solicit votes: hence, aspiration for office, and finally, aspiration in general.
2. ini'tial, a.: in + it + (i)al = pertaining to the ingoing: hence, marking the commencement.