(3.) Compose a sentence containing the word "immortalize." MODEL: "Milton immortalized his name by the production of Paradise Lost."
25. NOR'MA, a rule.
Radical: norm-.
1. nor'mal: norm + al = according to rule.
2. enor'mous: e + norm + ous = having the quality of being out of all rule: hence, excessive, huge.
3. enor'mity: e + norm + ity = the state of being out of all rule: hence, an excessive degree—generally used in regard to bad qualities.
4. abnor'mal: ab + norm + al = having the quality of being away from the usual rule: hence, unnatural.
EXERCISE.
(1.) What is meant by the expression, "the normal condition of things"?—"What is the meaning of the term a "normal school"? Ans. It means a school whose methods of instruction are to serve as a model for imitation; a school for the education of teachers.