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adus_, a step DIAM'ETER: Gr. _dia_, through, and _metron_, measure. EQUA'TOR: Lat. _equus_, equal. ES'TUARY: Lat. _aestuare_, to boil up, or be furious, the reference being to the commotion made by the meeting of a river-current and the tide. FRIG'ID: Lat. _frigidus_, from _frigere_, to be cold. GEOG'RAPHY: Gr. _ge_, the earth, and _graphe_, a description. GLOBE: Lat. _globus_, a round body. GULF: Fr. _golfe_, from Gr. _kolpos_, bosom, bay. HAR'BOR: Anglo-Saxon, _hereberga_, from _beorgan_, to shelter. HEM'ISPHERE: Gr. _hemi_, half, and _sphaira_, sphere. HORI'ZON: Gr. _horizein_, to bound. IN'DIAN (ocean): India. ISTH'MUS: Gr. _isthmos_, a neck. LAKE: Lat. _lacus_, a lake. LAT'ITUDE: Lat. _latitudo_, from _latus_, broad. LON'GITUDE: Lat. _longitudo_, from _longus_, long. MERID'IAN: Lat. _meridies_ (= _medius_, middle, and _dies_, day), noon. METROP'OLIS: Gr. _meter_, mother, and _polis_, city. MON'ARCHY: Gr. _monarches_, from _monos_, alone, and _archein_, to rule. MOUN'TAIN: Fr. _montagne_, from Lat. _mons_, _montis_, a mountain. OB'LATE: Lat. _oblatus_ (_ob_ and past part. of _ferre_, to bring), brought forward. O'CEAN: Gr. _okeanus_, from _okus_, rapid, and _nacin_, to flow. PACIF'IC: Lat. _pacificus_, from _pax_, _pacis_, peace, and _facere_, to make. PAR'ALLEL: Gr. _para_, beside, and _allelon_, of one another. PENIN'SULA: Lat. _penes_, almost, and _insula_, island. PHYS'ICAL: Gr. _physis_ (_phusis_), nature. PLAIN: Lat. _planus_, flat. PLANE: Lat. _planus_, flat. POLE: Gr. _polos_, a pivot. POLIT'ICAL: Gr. _polis_, a city or state. PROM'ONTORY: Lat. _pro_, before, and _mons_, _montis_, a mountain. RELIEF': Fr. _relever_, from Lat. _relevare_, to raise. REPUB'LIC: Lat. _res_, an affair, and _publica_, public: that is, a _commonwealth_. RIV'ER: Fr. _riviere_, from Lat. _ripa_, a shore or bank. SAV'AGE: Fr. _sauvage_, from Lat. _silva_, a wood. SEA: Anglo-Saxon, _sae_, the sea. SOCI'ETY: Lat. _societas_, from _socius_, a companion. 2.--TERMS IN GRAMMAR. AD'JECTIVE, Lat. _adjectivus_, from _ad_ and _jacere_, to add to: _a word joined to a noun or pronoun to limit or describe its meaning_. AD'JUNCT, Lat. _adjunctus_, from _ad_ and _jungere_, to join to: _a modifier or subordinate element of a sentence_. AD'VERB, Lat. _adverbium_, from _ad_, to, and _verbum_, word, verb: _a word used to modify the meaning of a verb, an adjective
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