The stem fac means to make, to do, to act. Sometimes it takes one of these forms: fic, fact, or fect.

Find the meanings of these words: be nef' i cent, of fi'ci ate, fac' to ry, per' fect, ben e fac' tor, ef fi' cient, facsim' i le, fa cil' i tate.

Write in sentences these words pronounced alike, but different in meaning and spelling :

Up from the South at break of day,

Bringing to Winchester fresh dismay,
The affrighted air with a shudder bore
Like a herald in haste, to the chieftain's door,
The terrible grumble and rumble and roar
Telling the battle was on once more,

And Sheridan twenty miles away.-T. B. Read

dif' fer ence

sub' tra hend

com pos' ite fi del' i ty

Abou Ben Adhem (may his tribe increase!)
Awoke one night from a deep dream of peace,
And saw within the moonlight in his room,
Making it rich, and like a lily in bloom,
An angel writing in a book of gold :—
Exceeding peace had made Ben Adhem bold,
And to the presence in the room he said,

"What writest thou?"-The vision raised its head,
And with a look made of all sweet accord,

Answered, "The names of those who love the Lord."
"And is mine one?" said Abou. 66
Nay, not so,"
Replied the angel. Abou spoke more low,

But cheerly still, and said, "I pray thee then,
Write me as one that loves his fellow-men."

The angel wrote, and vanished. The next night

It came again with a great wakening light,

And showed the names whom love of God had blessed,
And lo! Ben Adhem's name led all the rest.

-Leigh Hunt.

The prefix ad meaning to, sometimes takes one of the following forms: a, ac, af, ag, al, an, ap, ar, as, at.

Find the meanings of these words: a mass', ac cli' mated, af' flu ence, ag gre ga' tion, al lu' sion, an nounce'ment, ap par' ent, ar' ro gant, as sign', at tract' ive, af fil'i ate, at trib' ute.

Write other words with these forms of the ad prefix.

re ceipt'

be lief'

res ig na' tion

de nom' in ate

av oir du pois'

dom' i nos

pi an' os

car' goes po ta' toes

FIFTEENTH WEEK

com par' i son

pos' i tive

com par' a tive

reg' u lar

an' a lyze

gram' mar

syn' tax
tense

su per' la tive hom' age

Orpheus with his lute made trees,
And the mountain-tops that freeze,
Bow themselves when he did sing:
To his music plants and flowers
Ever sprung, as sun and showers
There had made a lasting spring.

Every thing that heard him play,
Even the billows of the sea,

Hung their heads, and then lay by.

In sweet music is such art,

Killing care and grief of heart

Fall asleep, or hearing die.—Shakespeare.

The suffix ary means one who or place where. Define lap' i da ry, gran' a ry, sanc' tu a ry, ac' tua ry, a' vi ary.

Life being very short, and the quiet hours of it few, we ought to waste none of them in reading valueless books.

-Ruskin.

The prefix de means down, from, or away.

to grow less.

de fend', to ward away from.

Find the meanings of: de note', de scribe', de fer',

de ter', de fend', de mur', de tain', de face'.

One by one the sands are flowing,
One by one the moments fall;
Some are coming, some are going;
Do not strive to grasp them all.

Hours are golden links, God's token,
Reaching Heaven; but one by one
Take them, lest the chain be broken
Ere the pilgrimage be done.-Proctor.

The following words, pronounced alike but having dif

ferent meanings, are to be written in sentences: