icate; immu'nity (_in_ + _munus_; literally, absence
of service).

MUNER: remunerate (-ion, -ive).

139. MUTA'RE: mu'to, muta'tum, _to change_.

MUT: mu'table (-ity); immu'table; commute'; transmute' (-able).

MUTAT: muta'tion; commutation; transmuta'tion.

140. NAS'CI: nas'cor, _na'tus, to be born, to grow_; Natu'ra, _nature_.

NASC: nas'cent, _growing_; renaissance' (a style of decorative art
_revived_ by Raphael).

NAT: na'tal; na'tion, originally, _a distinct race or stock_ (-al, -ality,
-ize); interna'tional; na'tive (-ity); cog'nate; in'nate.

NATUR: nat'ural (-ist, -ize, -ization); preternat'ural; supernat'ural.

141. NA'VIS, _a ship_.

NAV: nave, _the middle or body of a church_; na'val; na'vy; nau'tical (Lat.
adj. _nau'ticus_, from _nauta_ or _nav'ita_, a sailor); nav'igate (Lat. v.
_naviga're_ = _na'vis_ + _ag'ere_); nav'igable; naviga'tion; nav'igator;
circumnavigate.

142. NEC'TERE: nec'to, nex'um, _to tie or bind_.

NECT: connect' (-ion, -ive); disconnect' (-ion).

NEX: annex'; annexation.

EXERCISE.

The _administration_ of affairs is in the hands of her _majesty's
ministers_. A _miscellaneous collection_ of goods was sold on _commission_.
The _merchant remitted_ the money called for in the _emergency_. The
_suggestion_ to _modify_ the plan was _tantamount_ to its _rejection_. Do
you _admire_ Bunker Hill _Monument_? A _miser_ is an object of
_commiseration_ to all who know him. _Remuneration_ will be allowed
according to the _amount_ of labor. The _major_ has been _promoted_ to the
rank of colonel. All who were _connected_ with the _movement_ were
_excommunicated_. As the _annexed_ territory is chiefly _maritime_ it will
greatly _increase_ the _commerce_ of the _nation_. The _monitor admonished_
the pupils with great _gentleness_. The _committee_ said the _master_ had
done his work in an _admirable_ manner. The _Pilgrim_ Fathers _emigrated_
to this country in 1620. A _minute missile moved_ towards us. What is the
_subjunctive mood_ or _mode_? A _multitude_ of _communists_ appeared in
Paris.

143. NEGA'RE: ne'go, nega'tum, _to deny_.

NEGAT: nega'tion; neg'ative; ab'negate (-ion); ren'egade, _an apostate_.

Deny' (Fr. v. _denier_ = Lat. _de_ + _nega're_, to contradict); deni'al;
undeni'able.

144. NEU'TER, neu'trum, _neither of the two_.

NEUTR: neu'ter; neu'tral (-ity, -ize).

145. NOCE'RE: no'ceo, no'citum, _to hurt_.

NOC: no'cent, _hurtful_; in'nocent; in'nocenc