mbling the onion.

#anti# = against, opposed to.

1. anti _climax_, ladder
2. anti _christ_, Christ
3. anti _dote_, give
4. anti _path_ y, feel
5. anti _pod_ es, foot
6. anti _thesis_, place
7. anti _slave_ ry, slave
8. anti _soci_ al, companion

1. An _anti climax_ is _opposed to_ or in contrast with a _climax_. In
rhetoric it is a figure or fault of style consisting of an abrupt
descent (down the _ladder_) from stronger to weaker expressions.

3. An _antidote_ is something _given_ to counteract (act _against_)
poison or disease.

5. Those who live at _opposite_ points on the globe so that their
_feet_ are directly toward each other are _antipodes_. Figuratively,
things opposed to each other.

6. In rhetoric an _antithesis_ is a figure of speech which consists of
one idea _placed against_ another; a contrast.

8. A person is _antisocial_ when he is averse or _opposed to_ society,
social intercourse or _companionship_.

#dia# = across, through, between.

1. dia_gon_ al, angle
2. dia _gram_, writing
3. dia _lect_, speech
4. dia _log_, speech
5. dia _meter_, measure
6. dia _pason_, all
7. dia _phragm_, fence

1. A _diagonal_ is a line _across_ from _angle_ to _angle_.

2. A _diagram_ is that which is marked out by lines drawn or _written_
across; as, a figure, a plan.

3. _Dialect_ is _speech_ or language by means of which ideas are
communicated (_across_) from one to another.

6. The _diapason_ is one of certain stops in the organ, so called
because it extends _through all_ notes of the scale.

7. The _diaphragm_ is a membranous partition or _fence between_ the
thorax and abdomen.

#en# = on.

1. en _dorse_, back
2. en _grave_, carve
3. en _throne_, throne
4. en _list_, list

1. To _endorse_ a check is to write one's name _on_ the _back_ of it.

NOTE.--_en_ in most words is the equivalent of the Latin _in_, meaning
in, into, within; as in encage, encase, encircle, enclose, encourage,
enrage, enroll, entangle, entice, entomb, entrap, entwine, envelop,
enwrap.

#foli# = leaf.

1. foliage. A cluster of _leaves_.
2. folio. A _leaf_-sheet folded once.
3. foil. A thin _leaf_ of metal.
4. _tre_foil. A plant with _three leaves_; as, clover.
5. _port_-folio. A case for _carrying_ loose _leaves_ of paper.

#fort, forc# = strong.

1. fort
2. forti _fy_, make
3. fortr _ess_
4. _ef_ fort, (ex.) out
5. forti _tude_, quality of
6. force
7. forc _ible_, capable of
8. _en_ force,