r_ ic, Homer
10. _luna_ tic, moon
11. _lyr_ ic, lyre, harp
12. _metal_ lic, metal
13. _metr_ ic, measure
14. _numer_ ic, number
15. _op_ tic, eye
16. _pan_ ic, Pan
17. _phon_ ic, sound
18. _publ_ ic, people
19. _rust_ ic, country
20. _techn_ ic, art, trade

2. _Arctic_ means, literally, _pertaining to_ the northern
constellations called the Great and Little _Bears_; hence pertaining
to the north polar regions.

8. _Erratic_ means _wandering_ from the proper or usual course in
opinion or conduct.

9. _Homeric_ means _relating to Homer_, the great epic poet of ancient
Greece, or to the poetry which he wrote.

10. A _lunatic_ is one who is periodically insane, with intervals of
sanity (as if affected by the _moon_).

11. _Lyric_ poetry is that which is adapted to the _lyre_ or harp; fit
to be sung to an accompaniment.

16. _Panic_ means sudden or groundless fright, such as was said to
have been caused by _Pan_, the god of pastures and forests.

#ise, (ize)# = make, do, cause.

1. _ad vert_ ise, to + turn
2. _critic_ ise, judge
3. _familiar_ ize, family
4. _fertil_ ize, bear, produce
5. _leg_ alize, law
6. _re cogn_ ize, again + know
7. _sym path_ ize, with + feel
8. _tan tal_ ize, Tantalus
9. agonize
10. brutalize
11. civilize
12. crystallize
13. equalize
14. generalize
15. harmonize
16. humanize
17. idolize
18. magnetize
19. modernize
20. naturalize
21. organize
22. realize
23. systematize
24. tyrannize

1. A merchant when he _advertises_ goods hopes thereby to _cause_
people to _turn_ their attention _to_ them.

2. To _criticise_ is to (_make_) pass _judgment_ upon.

3. To _familiarize_ means, literally, to _make_ as one of the
_family_, to become intimate with.

4. Ground is _fertilized_ when it is _caused_ to _produce_ more
abundantly.

5. Any conduct is _legalized_ when it is _made lawful_.

6. We _recognize_ a person when we _know_ him _again_; as, one whom we
have known before.

7. To _sympathize_ is to _feel with_ another.

8. _Tantalize_ is derived from Tantalus, a Phyrgian king who,
according to Greek mythology, was punished in the lower world by being
placed in a lake of pure water up to his chin, while there hung over
him luscious fruit, the fruit and the water receding whenever he
sought to satisfy his hunger or thirst. Hence tantalize means to
tease or torment by presenting something desirable to the view and
frustrating expectation by keeping it out of reach.