2. _Arctic_ means, literally, _pertaining to_ the northern constellations called the Great and Little _Bears_; hence pertaining to the north polar regions.
8. _Erratic_ means _wandering_ from the proper or usual course in opinion or conduct.
9. _Homeric_ means _relating to Homer_, the great epic poet of ancient Greece, or to the poetry which he wrote.
10. A _lunatic_ is one who is periodically insane, with intervals of sanity (as if affected by the _moon_).
11. _Lyric_ poetry is that which is adapted to the _lyre_ or harp; fit to be sung to an accompaniment.
16. _Panic_ means sudden or groundless fright, such as was said to have been caused by _Pan_, the god of pastures and forests.
1. _ad vert_ ise, to + turn 2. _critic_ ise, judge 3. _familiar_ ize, family 4. _fertil_ ize, bear, produce 5. _leg_ alize, law 6. _re cogn_ ize, again + know 7. _sym path_ ize, with + feel 8. _tan tal_ ize, Tantalus 9. agonize 10. brutalize 11. civilize 12. crystallize 13. equalize 14. generalize 15. harmonize 16. humanize 17. idolize 18. magnetize 19. modernize 20. naturalize 21. organize 22. realize 23. systematize 24. tyrannize
1. A merchant when he _advertises_ goods hopes thereby to _cause_ people to _turn_ their attention _to_ them.
2. To _criticise_ is to (_make_) pass _judgment_ upon.
3. To _familiarize_ means, literally, to _make_ as one of the _family_, to become intimate with.
4. Ground is _fertilized_ when it is _caused_ to _produce_ more abundantly.
5. Any conduct is _legalized_ when it is _made lawful_.
6. We _recognize_ a person when we _know_ him _again_; as, one whom we have known before.
7. To _sympathize_ is to _feel with_ another.
8. _Tantalize_ is derived from Tantalus, a Phyrgian king who, according to Greek mythology, was punished in the lower world by being placed in a lake of pure water up to his chin, while there hung over him luscious fruit, the fruit and the water receding whenever he sought to satisfy his hunger or thirst. Hence tantalize means to tease or torment by presenting something desirable to the view and frustrating expectation by keeping it out of reach.
Words 9 to 24 may be defined in a simple and satisfactory manner by using some meaning of the suffix _ize_ in the definition with the first part of the word; thus, _agonize_ means to _cause_ to have _agony_.