6. CON'FLUENCE: con + flu + ence = a flowing together: hence, (1) the
flowing together of two or more streams; (2) an assemblage, a union.
7. IN'FLUX: in + flux = a flowing in or into.
8. SUPER'FLUOUS: super + flu + ous = having the quality of _over_flowing:
hence, needless, excessive.
EXERCISE.
(2.) What is meant by a "fluent" speaker?--What word would denote a speaker
who is the reverse of "fluent"?
(3.) Write a sentence containing the word "fluid."
(4.) What is meant by "fluency" of style?
(5.) What is the ordinary use of the word "affluence"? An "_affluence_ of
ideas," means what?
(6.) Compose a sentence containing the word "confluence." MODEL: "New York
City stands at the ---- of two streams."
(8.) Mention a noun corresponding to the adjective "superfluous."--Compose
a sentence containing the word "superfluous."--What is its opposite? _Ans.
Scanty, meager._
19. GREX, gre'gis, _a flock or herd_.
Radical: GREG-.
1. AG'GREGATE, _v._: ag (for _ad_) + greg + ate = to cause to be brought
into a flock: hence, to gather, to assemble.
2. EGRE'GIOUS: e + greg + (i)ous, through Lat. adj. _egre'gius_, chosen
from the herd: hence, remarkable.
OBS.--Its present use is in association with inferiority.
3. CON'GREGATE: con + greg + ate = to perform the act of flocking together:
hence, to assemble.
EXERCISE.
(1.) What other part of speech than a verb is "aggregate"?--Why is this
word spelled with a double _g_?
(2.
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