orrows and
misfortunes.

3. A _symphony_ is a _sounding together_; a harmony of sounds.

4. _Synchronous._ Happening or existing at the _same time_.

5. _Synonym._ Literally, a word having the _same name_. But it is
applied to words of like or kindred meaning.

6. A _synopsis_ is a _view_ of the whole _together_. A summary giving
a general view of some subject.

7. The _putting_ of two or more things _together_. _Synthesis_ is the
opposite of analysis.

#tele# = far (distance).

1. tele _gram_, write
2. tele _graph_, write
3. tele _pathy_, feel
4. tele _meter_, measure
5. tele _phone_, sound
6. tele _scope_, view

1. A _telegram_ is a message transmitted (_written_) from _afar_.

3. _Telepathy_ is the sympathetic communication at a _distance_ of one
mind with another; not by the ordinary methods, but through _feeling_.

4. _Telemeter._ An instrument for _measuring distances_ in surveying.

#liber# = free.

1. liber _al_, relating to
2. _il_ liberal, not
3. liberal _ity_, quality of
4. liber _ate_, act of
5. liberat _or_, one who
6. liber _ty_, state of being
7. liberal _ize_, make
8. _de_ liver, from
9. deliver _er_, one who
10. deliver _y_, act of

1. _Liberal._ Relating to or possessing a _free_ and generous heart.

3. _Liberality_ is the quality of being _free_ or generous.

7. To _liberalize_ is to _make free_, as to free from narrow views or
prejudices.

8. To _deliver_ means to set _free from_ bondage or restraint.

#liter# = letter.

1. letter
2. letters
3. liter _ary_, pert. to
4. liter _ate_, condition of
5. _il_ literate, not
6. _al_ literation, (ad) to
7. liter _al_, relating to
8. _ob_ literate, against

1. _Letter_ (from L. linere, to besmear); so called because smeared on
parchment and not cut on wood.

2. _Letters_ usually means literature in general; hence knowledge
gained from books; literary culture.

6. _Alliteration_ is a repetition of the same letter or sound at the
beginning of two or more words in close succession. Examples: "A whole
fleet of _b_ulky _b_ottomed _b_oats." "What a _t_ale of _t_error now
_t_heir _t_urbulency _t_ells." Literally, _letter to letter_.

8. In _obliterate_, _ob_ means _against_ or the reverse. The reverse
of _besmear_ is to rub off; hence to _obliterate_ means to rub out, to
erase.

NOTE.--Other words from the same root are, literally, illiteracy,
literati, literature, literalize, literalist.

#man (manus)# = hand.