e_ or supreme _ruler_.

2. A _monogamist_ is _one who_ believes in _marriage_ with _one_
person only.

3. A _monogram_ is a single character formed of two or more letters
interwoven (as if done at _one writing_).

4. A _speak_ing by _one_ person.

5. _Monomania_ is a derangement of _mind_ in regard to a _single_
subject only.

6. A _monomial_ in algebra is a quantity which consists of a _single
term_.

7. A _monopoly_ is the sole (or _single_) right to _sell_ a certain
article, or to sell it at a given place.

9. _Monotheism_ is the doctrine of belief that there is but _one God_.

10. A _monotone_ is a _single tone_ without harmony or variation in
pitch.

#para# = aside, beside, similar

1. para _ble_ (ballo), throw
2. para _graph_, write
3. par _allel_, one another
4. para _phrase_, speak
5. para _site_, feed
6. par en _thesis_, put

1. A _parable_ is a short fictitious narrative placed (_thrown_)
_beside_ something which it is intended to illustrate.

2. A _paragraph_ was originally a mark or note of comment _written
beside_ the line or place where a division should be made; now a
distinct part of a discourse or writing.

3. _Parallel_ lines extend _beside one another_.

4. _Paraphrasing_ is telling (_speaking_) the _same_ thing in other
words.

5. A _parasite_ is an animal or plant which lives _beside_ or in
another organism on which it _feeds_.

6. Marks of _parenthesis_ are often used for a word, phrase, clause,
or sentence _put in_ by way of explanation to what it stands _beside_.

#peri# = around.

1. peri _anth_, flower
2. peri _cardium_, heart
3. peri _meter_, measure
4. peri _tone_ um, stretch
5. peri _oste_ um

1. The _perianth_ is the floral envelope _around_ the _flower_.

2. The _pericardium_ is the membrane which _surrounds_ the _heart_.

3. The _perimeter_ of a figure is the outer boundary or _measure
around_ it.

4. The _peritoneum_ is the membrane which is _stretched around_ the
abdomen.

5. The _periosteum_ is the membrane _around_ the _bones_.

#syn (syl, sym)# = with, together.

1. syl _lable_, take
2. sym _pathy_, feel
3. sym _phony_, sound
4. syn _chron_ ous, time
5. syn _onym_, name
6. syn _ops_ is, view
7. syn _thesis_, put, place

1. Literally, a _syllable_ is two or more sounds _taken together_, or
uttered by one impulse of the voice. Many syllables, however, comprise
but one sound.

2. _Sympathy_ is _feeling with_ another, especially his s