eneral, _one who_ is authorized to perform functions,
especially religious ones, _instead of_ another.

5. _Vice versa._ _Turned_, one _instead of_ the other, interchanged.

#a (an)# = without, not.

1. a _byss_, bottom
2. a _cephal_ ous, head
3. a _chrom_ atic, color
4. a _gnostic_ ism, knowledge
5. an _archy_, rule
6. an _ecdote_, given out
7. an _esthetic_, feeling
8. an _onym_ ous, name
9. a _pathy_, suffer, feel
10. a _sylum_, right of seizure
11. a _the_ ist, God
12. a _tom_, cut

4. _Agnosticism._ The doctrine or theory that man has _not_ any real
or absolute _knowledge_ of anything, but can know only "impressions".

5. _Anarchy._ A state of society in which there is _no_ authority or
_ruling_ power.

6. _Anecdote_ [ec (ex) = out]. Originally a personal or biographical
incident _not given out_ for publication.

7. That which causes a loss of sensation; hence, one who has taken an
_anesthetic_ is _without_ the _feeling_ of pain.

10. _Asylum._ Originally a place of refuge where criminals or debtors
were free from (_without_) the _right of seizure_.

11. _Atheist._ _One who_ is _without_ belief in the existence of a
_God_.

12. _Atom._ The smallest particle of matter; hence a particle which
_cannot_ be further _cut_ or divided.

#auto# = self.

1. auto _crat_, rule
2. auto _graph_, write
3. auto _bio_ graphy, life
4. auto _maton_, strive
5. auto _mobile_, move
6. aut _ops_ y, see

1. _Autocrat._ An absolute sovereign, one who has the _ruling_ power
all in him_self_.

3. _Autobiography._ A _writing_ of one's _life_ by him_self_.

4. _Automaton._ A _self_ acting (_striving_) machine; one having its
motive power within itself.

6. _Autopsy._ _Seeing_ by one's _self_; personal observation or
examination.

#epi# = upon.

1. epi _cycle_, circle
2. epi _demic_, people
3. epi _dermis_, skin
4. epi _gram_, write
5. epi _sode_, way
6. epi _taph_, tomb
7. epi _thet_, place
8. epi _zooetic_, animal

1. _Epicycle._ A circle whose center moves around _upon_, or in, the
circumference of another _circle_; as the orbit of the moon in its
motion with the earth around the sun.

4. _Epigram._ Literally, to _write upon_. A short, pointed poem, or a
bright thought concisely and sharply expressed.

5. _Episode._ Something which happens _upon_ the _way_, or comes in
incidentally to the main enterprise.

7. _Epithet._ An adjective or term _placed upon_ a person or thing and
expressing som