on
9. _com_ fort, with
10. _piano_ forte, soft

1. A _fort_ is a _strong_hold.

2. To _make strong_; to strengthen or secure by means of forts,
batteries, or other military works.

3. _Ess_ is a feminine ending. A "maiden fortress" is a fortification
which has never been taken. A _fortress_ is a very strong fort.

4. An _effort_ is a putting _out_ of one's _strength_ for the
accomplishment of some end.

5. _Fortitude_ is _strength_ or firmness of mind in meeting danger,
pain, or adversity.

6. _Force_ is _strength_ in general, physical, mental, moral.

9. To _comfort_ is to _strengthen_ with hope and cheer; to give
consolation to.

10. The _piano forte_ is an instrument having both _soft_ and loud
(_strong_) tones. The name is generally shortened to _piano_.

#fract, frang# = break.

1. frail
2. frail _ty_, quality
3. fract _ure_, that which
4. fract _ion_, that which
5. fract _ious_, quality of
6. frag _ile_, capable of
7. frag _ment_, that which
8. _in_ fringe, in

1. A thing is _frail_ when it is easily _broken_.

2. _Frailty_ is a _quality_ of things easily _broken_.

3. A _fracture_ is a _break_; as of a bone.

4. A _fraction_ is a part, as if _broken_ off.

5. A _fractious_ person is one apt to _break_ out into a passion.

6. "The stalk of ivy is tough and not _fragile_" (_capable of_ being
_broken_).--_Bacon._

7. A _fragment_ is _that which_ is _broken_ off.

8. To _infringe_ is to _break in_ upon; to trespass on another's
rights.

#frater, fratr# = brother.

1. fratern _al_, pertaining to
2. fratern _ity_, that which
3. fratern _ize_, make
4. frater
5. friar
6. friary

1. _Fraternal_ means _brotherly_; like brothers.

2. An organization in _which_ the members hold one another in
_brotherly_ relations.

3. To _fraternize_ means to _make_ a _brother_ of; to receive into a
fraternity.

4. _Frater._ A _brother_; especially a monk.

5. _Friar._ A _brother_ of any religious order, but especially one of
certain monastic orders of the Roman Catholic church.

6. _Friary._ A home for friars (_brothers_); a monastery.

FIFTH MONTH.

#mono# = one, single, alone, solitary.

1. mon _arch_, rule
2. mono _gam_ ist, marriage
3. mono _gram_, write
4. mono _logue_, speak
5. mono _mania_, mind
6. mo _nomi_ al, term
7. mono _poly_, sell
8. mono _syllable_, syllable
9. mono _the_ ism, God
10. mono _tone_, tone, sound

1. A _monarch_ is a _sol