WORDS TO BE STUDIED

=judicial.= From the Latin word "judex," a judge. Compare

_judicious_, _judge_, _judgment_, _just_.

=compensate.= From the Latin word "pensare," to weigh. Compare

_dispense_, _dispensary_, _compensation_. (This must not be

confused with the Latin word "pendere," to hang. Compare

_suspend_, _expend_, _depend_.)

=ecstasy.= From two Greek words "ex" and "stasis," meaning standing

outside oneself.

=transferred.= From the Latin word "ferre," to carry. Compare _offer_,

_defer_, _confer_, _prefer_, _proffer_, _infer_, _conference_,

_fertile_.

=crumble.= To break into crumbs or little pieces.

=promoted.= From the Latin word "movAe"re," to move. Compare _motive_,

_motion_, _motor_, _promotion_, _commotion_.

=excited.= From the Latin word "ciere," to set in motion. Compare

_incite_, _excitement_, _exciting_, _cite_.

=lantern.= A French word derived from the Greek "lampein," to shine.

Compare, _magic-lantern_, _lamp_.

=gipsy.= Also spelt gypsy, from "Egyptian"; because the gipsies were

supposed to come from Egypt.

=usurper.= From the Latin word "usurpare." This word is made up of

"usus," use and "rapere," to snatch. Compare _use_, _usual_,

_usufruct_, _rapid_, _rapt_, _rapture_.

=magisterial.= From the Latin word "magister," a judge. Compare

_magistrate_, _magistracy_.

=obdurate.= From the Latin word "dA"rus," hard. Compare _endure_,

_endurance_, _obduracy_.

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