nor who
brings comfort where before was wretchedness, who dries
the tear of sorrow."

A careful study of the five examples given above will reveal that to
analyze words a pupil must--

1. Learn some _facts_--meanings of the component parts of words.

2. Be careful in putting these facts together to make a sensible
definition.

3. Use the dictionary to find the ordinary, or current, use of a word.

4. Gather illustrations. This is not easy, but it should not be
neglected, for it is the most practical feature of word analysis.
Pupils should help each other, and the teacher may contribute when his
help is needed. One good illustration for a difficult word might
suffice the entire class.

PART ONE

Word Analysis.

SEVENTH YEAR.

FIRST MONTH.

#a, ab, abs# = from, away.

1. a _vert_, turn
2. ab _brevi_ ate, short
3. ab _duct_, lead
4. ab _ject_, cast
5. ab _lut_ ion, wash
6. ab _origin_ es, beginning
7. ab _rupt_, break
8. ab _sorb_, suck in
9. ab _solve_, loosen
10. ab _use_, use.

2. To _shorten_, to take _from_; to make briefer.

3. To _lead away_; to carry off by force; to kidnap.

4. An _abject_ person is one sunk to low condition (as if _cast from_
the society of others).

5. An _ablution_ is a _washing_ or _cleansing_; especially a religious
rite.

6. The inhabitants of a country _from_ the _beginning_. The earliest
inhabitants of which anything is known.

7. _Broken_ or appearing as if broken _away_ or off; as an _abrupt_
cliff.

8. To _suck_ up; to drink in. A brick will _absorb_ a pint of water.

9. To _loosen_ or set free, as _from_ some duty or obligation

10. To divert _from_ the proper _use_; to misuse.

#ambi, (amphi)# = both, on both sides, around.

1. ambi _dextr_ ous, right hand
2. ambi _ti_ on, go
3. amphi _bi_ ous, life
4. amphi _theatre_, view.

1. _Having_ skill with _both_ hands (as if both were _right hands_).

2. A _going around_ or about, as of a candidate soliciting votes;
eager for favors; strongly desirous.

3. _Living both_ on land and in water. Frogs, turtles, crocodiles,
seals, otters, and beavers are _amphibious_.

4. An _amphitheatre_ is a building built circular so that spectators
may _view_ a performance from _both sides_ or from all _around_.

#bene# = well, good.

1. bene _dict_ ion