34. CEN'TUM, _a hundred_.
CENT: cent; cent'age; cen'tenary (Lat. adj. _centena'rius_); centena'rian; centen'nial (Lat. n. _an'nus_, a year); cen'tigrade (Lat. n. _gra'dus_, a degree); cen'tipede (Lat. n. _pes_, _pe'dis_, the foot); cen'tuple (Lat.
adj. _centu'plex_, hundredfold); centu'rion (Lat. n. _centu'rio_, a captain of a hundred); cent'ury (Lat. n. _centu'ria_, a hundred years); percent'age.
35. CER'NERE: cer'no, cre'tum, _to sift, to see, to judge_; Discrimen, discrim'inis, _distinction_.
CERN: con-, de-, dis-; unconcern'; discern'er, discern'ible, discern'ment.
CRET: decre'tal, _a book of decrees_; discre'tion; discre'tionary; excre'tion; se'cret; sec'retary.
DISCRIMIN: -ate, -ation; indiscrim'inate.
Decree' (Fr. n. _decret_); discreet' (Fr. adj. _discret_); discrete'
(literally, sifted apart), _separate_.
36. CERTA'RE: cer'to, certa'tum, _to contend, to vie_.
CERT: con'cert (n.); concert' (v.); disconcert'; preconcert'.
37. CIN'GERE: cin'go, cinc'tum, _to gird_.
CINCT: cinct'ure; pre'cinct; succinct', literally, _girded or tucked up, compressed, concise_; succinct'ness.
38. CIR'CUS, _a circle_; cir'culus, _a little circle_.
CIRC: cir'cus, _an open s.p.a.ce for sports_; cir'clet.
CIRCUL: -ar, -ate, -ation, -atory.
Cir'cle (Fr. n. _cercle_); encir'cle; sem'icircle.
39. CITA'RE: ci'to, cita'tum, _to stir up, to rouse_.
CITE: cite, _to summon or quote_; excite' (-able, -ability, -ment); incite'
(-ment); recite' (-al); resus'citate (Lat. v. _suscita're_, to raise).
CITAT: cita'tion; recita'tion; recitative', _a species of musical recitation_.
CIVIS. (See p. 31.)
40. CLAMA'RE: cla'mo, clama'tum, _to cry out, to shout_; Clam'or, _a loud cry_.
CLAIM: claim (v. and n., to demand; a demand), ac-, de-, dis-, ex-, pro-, re-; claim'ant; reclaim'a'ble.
CLAMAT: acclama'tion; declama'tion; declam'atory; exclama'tion; exclam'atory; proclama'tion; reclama'tion.
CLAMOR: clam'or (v. and n.), -er, -ous.
EXERCISE.
The _decay_ of the tree was caused by the _incisions_ which had _accidentally_ been made in the bark. The _captives_ will be set at liberty, but the _precise_ time of their _emanc.i.p.ation_ has not been fixed.
The harbor is _capacious_, and can _receive_ vessels of the largest size.
The merits of the _candidates_ were _discriminated_ with great _candor_. We were _enchanted_ with the _carnival_ at Rome. This _recitation_ is satisfactory. Have you ever seen a _centigrade_ thermometer? Nothing is so _successful_ as _success_. The number of _concentric circles_ in the trunk marked the age of the tree. No _censer_ round our altar beams. The heat being _excessive_, we took shelter in the _recesses_ of a _cave_.
_Precision_ is the _princ.i.p.al_ quality of good writing. Franklin's father was a tallow _chandler_. Last _century_ there was great _carnage_ in America. _Infanticide_ is much practiced in China. The _proclamation_ was widely _circulated_. The president was _inaugurated_ on the 4th of March.
The _census_ is taken every ten years. _Conceit_ is worse than _eccentricity_. Have you filed your _caveat_?
41. CLAU'DERE: clau'do, clau'sum, _to shut, to close_.
CLUD: conclude'; exclude'; include'; preclude'; seclude'.
CLUS: conclu'sion; conclu'sive; exclu'sion; exclu'sive; recluse'; seclu'sion.
CLOSE: close (v., n., adj.); clos'et; close'ness; inclose' (-ure); enclose'
(-ure).
Clause (Fr. n. _clause_); clois'ter (old Fr. n. _cloistre_).
42. CLINA'RE: cli'no, clina'tum, _to bend_; Cli'vus, _a slope or hill_.
CLINAT: inclina'tion.
CLINE: de-, in-, re-.
CLIV: accliv'ity; decliv'ity; procliv'ity.
43. COL'ERE: co'lo, cul'tum, _to till, to cultivate_ (_Low Lat._ Cultiva're, _to cultivate_).
CULT: cult'ure (Lat. n. _cultu'ra_, a cultivation); ag'riculture (Lat. n.
_a'ger_, a field); arboricult'ure (Lat. n. _ar'bor_, a tree); flor'iculture (Lat. n. _flos_, _flo'ris_, a flower); hor'ticulture (Lat. n. _hor'tus_, a garden); ausculta'tion (Lat. n. _ausculta'tio_, a listening; hence, a test of the lungs).
CULTIV: -ate, -ation, -ator.
Col'ony (Lat. n. _colo'nia_, a settlement); colo'nial; col'onist; col'onize.
COR. (See page 32.)
CORPUS. (See page 33.)