' ep i glot'tis
de vote' ec'logue ep i derm'is

Dia, ob, per, and circum mean respectively apart, against, through, and
around. With English words, dis gives a negative meaning.

dis tend' dis sev'er dis em bar'rass
ob trude' ob lique'ly ob lit'er ate
per plex' per fect'ive per sist'en cy
cir'cuit cir cum volve' cir cum ja'cent

Lesson 167.

Mal signifies evil, ill; mono is from Greek monos, single; pan (Greek),
signifies all, every thing; and poly (Greek polus), many.

mal'con tent ma li'cious ma lev'o lent
mon'o tone mon'o gram mo nop'o Iy
pan'o ply pan'the ist pan o ra'ma
pol'y gon pol'y pus pol'y the ism

Pro is a Latin preposition signifying for, before, and forth; uni (Latin
unus, one) signifies one or producing one; syn (sometimes syl and sym)
signifies together; and sub (sometimes suf, sup, and sug) denotes under,
below.

pro'noun u'ni ty syn'the sis sub scribe'
pro pel' u'ni form syl'la ble suf'fix
pro duce' u'ni corn sym'pa thy sup press'
pro vide' u'ni val ve syn tac'tic sug gest'

Lesson 168.

Compound Words promiscuously arranged.

ale'-house lime'-kiln hedge'hog
hail'stone boat'man pen'knife
lay'man four'score grist'-mill
safe'guard load'stone mid'night
waist'coat oat'meal pitch'fork
bee'-hive pole'-star ship'wreck
key'-stone snow'-drop wrist'band
knee'-pan sports'man block'head
bride'groom jew's'-harp cross'-bow
light'-house luke'warm off'spring

Lesson 169.

Compound Words.

Lisle'-glove night'fall harts'horn
north-east' book'-case corn'-stalk
joint'-stock foot'stool loop'-hole
well'-bred cork'screw bur'dock
snuff'-box watch'-word whirl'pool
towns'man broom'stick fools'cap
house'wife dooms'day work'shop
char'coal brown'-bread for sooth'
out weigh' down'right down'cast
horn'pipe tooth'ache noon'day
heir'loom air'brake law'suit

Lesson 170.

Compound Words.

can'dle stick post'al-card but'ter fly
hand'ker chief cop'y-book wa'ter-fall
bed'-cham ber oft'en times gas'-me ter
ev'er green type'-writ er cler'gy man
gen'tle man jour'ney man bric'-a-brac
pep'per mint hum'ming-bird