5. _Adieu._ A farewell; a commendation _to_ the care of _God_.

6. An _adjective_ is a word added (in a sense _thrown_) _to_ a noun to modify its meaning.

Orthography — Part 31

7. _Adjourn._ To put off _to_ another _day_, or indefinitely.

Orthography — Part 31

8. To _admonish_ is to give a friendly _warning to_; to give advice.

Orthography — Part 31

9. To _adapt_ is to _fit to_ a certain purpose.

10. To _adopt_ is to _choose_ (_to_ one's self); as to _adopt_ a child.

11. _Advent._ The second _coming_ of Christ (_to_ the earth).

12. To _advertise_ goods is to cause the public to _turn_ their attention _to_ them.

13. To _aggregate_ is to collect _into_ a _flock_; to collect into a mass or sum.

14. To _allure_ is to attempt to _entice_ or draw (_to_) by the offer of some good, real or apparent.

15. To _annex_ is to _bind_, join or add _to_, as a smaller thing to a greater.

16. _Append_ means to _hang_ or attach _to_, as by a string.

17. _Affix._ To _fasten to_; to add at the close or end.

18. _Arrive_ literally means to come _to_ the _bank_ or shore (from out on the water). In present usage it means to reach any object or result.

19. _Assail._ To _leap toward_; to attack with violence.

20. _Attach._ To _fasten to_; to affix or connect.

1. ante _ced_ ent, go 2. ante di _luv_ ian, wash 3. ante _meridi_ an, midday 4. ante pen _ult_, last

1. _Antecedent._ That which _goes before_ in time.

2. _Antediluvian_ (di = away) (ian = one who). _One who_ lived _before_ the flood (_wash away_).

3. _Antemeridian._ _Before_ the _middle_ of the _day_. Generally abbreviated to A. M.

4. _Antepenult_ (pen = almost). _Before almost_ the _last_. The last syllable of a word but two.

1. bi _ceps_, head 2. bi _cuspid_, point 3. bi _cycle_, circle. 4. bi _ennial_, year 5. bi _gamy_, marriage 6. bi _mana_, hand 7. bi _nomi_al, name or term 8. bi _ped_, foot 9. bis _cuit_, cook 10. bi _sect_, cut 11. bi _valve_, door 12. ba _lance_, plate

1. The _biceps_ is a muscle which draws up the forearm; so called because it has _two heads_ or origins.

2. The _bicuspid_ teeth have _two points_.

3. A _bicycle_ has _two_ wheels or _circles_.

4. _Biennial_ means lasting _two years_ or occurring once in two years.

5. A _bigamist_ is one who has been _married twice_, and who has two wives or two husbands at the same time.