) What is the meaning of "credulous" in the passage,
"So glistened the dire snake, and into fraud
Led Eve, our _credulous_ mother"?--MILTON.
What noun corresponding to the adjective "credulous" will express the
quality of believing too easily?--What is the negative of
"credulous"?--What is the distinction between "incredible" and
"incredulous"?--Which applies to persons? which to things?
(5.) To what two parts of speech does "discredit" belong?--Write a sentence
containing this word as a _noun_; another as a _verb_.
13. CUR'RERE: cur'ro, cur'sum, _to run_.
Radicals used: CURR- and CURS-.
1. CUR'RENT, a.: curr + ent = running: hence, (1) passing from person to
person, as a "_current_ report"; (2) now in progress, as the "_current_
month."
2. CUR'RENCY: curr + ency = the state of passing from person to person, as
"the report obtained _currency_": hence circulation.
OBS.--As applied to money, it means that it is in circulation or
passing from hand to hand, as a representative of value.
3. CUR'SORY: curs + ory = runn_ing_ or pass_ing_: hence, hasty.
4. EXCUR'SION: ex + curs + ion = the act of running out: hence, an
expedition or jaunt.
5. INCUR'SION: in + curs + ion = the act of running in: hence, an invasion.
6. PRECUR'SOR: pre + curs + or = one who runs before: hence a forerunner.
EXERCISE.
(1.) What other part of speech than an adjective is "current"?--What is now
the _current_ year?
(2.) Why are there two r's in "currency"? _Ans_.
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