19. inter = between, among; intercede, interchange, interfere, interurban, interlude

20. mis = wrongly, badly; miscalculate, misspell, misadventure

21. mono = one; monoplane

22. per = through, thoroughly, by; perchance, perfect, per-adventure

23. poly = many; polygon, polytheism

24. post = behind, after; postgraduate, post-mortem, postlude, postscript, post-meridian (P.M.)

25. pre = before (in time, place, or order); preeminent, predict, prefer, prefix, prejudge, prejudice

26. preter = beyond; preternatural

27. pro = before, forth, forward; proceed, prosecute

28. pro = siding with; pro-ally

29. re = back, again; recover, renew, recall

30. sub, etc. = under; submerge, subscribe, subterranean, subterfuge

31. super (sur) = over, above; superintend, supercargo

32. trans (tra) = across; translate, transmit, transfer

33. vice (vis) = instead of; vice-president, vice-admiral

SUFFIXES

1. ee, er = one who; absentee, profiteer, mower

2. ard, art= term of disparagement; drunkard, braggart

3. esque = like; statuesque

4. ism = state of being; barbarism, atheism

5. et, let = little; brooklet, bracelet, eaglet

6. ling = little, young; duckling, gosling

7. kin = little; lambkin, Peterkin

8. stead = a place; bedstead, homestead, instead

9. wright = a workman; wheelwright

Thesaurus.  Besides frequently consulting a good modern dictionary a student speaker should familiarize himself with a Thesaurus of words and phrases.  This is a peculiarly useful compilation of expressions according to their meaning relations.  A dictionary lists words, then gives their meanings.  A Thesaurus arranges meanings, then gives the words that express those ideas.  The value of such a book can be best illustrated by explaining its use.

Suppose a speaker is going to attack some principle, some act, some party.  He knows that his main theme will be denunciation of something.  In the index of a Thesaurus he looks under denunciation, finding two numbers of paragraphs.  Turning to the first he has under his eye a group of words all expressing shades of this idea.  There are further references to other related terms.  Let us look at the first group, taken from Roget’s Thesaurus.

MALEDICTON, curse, imprecation, denunciation, execration, anathema, ban, proscription, excommunication, commination, fulmination.

Cursing, scolding, railing, Billingsgate language.