en that her refusal to work necessitates sending for her parents.

if your friend ere in trouble,wouldn’t you feel obliged to go his help?

helen has agreed to lend me the book i need. this obviates my trip to the library.

state law makes attendance at school compulsory for children of certain ages.

were it not for your gratuitous interference,the children would have quickly settled their dispute.

if you have failed a subject you need for graduation,it is imperative that you go to summer school.

dan felt it incumbent on him to pay for the window,since he had hit the ball that broke it.

we can do without luxuries and entertainment. however,food,shelter,and clothing are indispensable.

before preparing for tomorrow’s party,i have some more prssing matters to attend to, such as finishing my report.

since we already have enough food for the picnic,please don’t bring any because it will only be superfluous.

希腊词根

aut,auto --- self

in her autobiography the story of my life, helen keller tells how unruly she was as a young child.

the autocrat was replaced by a ruler responsible to the people.

the baseball star wrote his autograph for an admirer who came up to him with a pencil and scorecard.

many workers have lost their jobs as a result of automation.

an autocrat prefers his subjects to be automatons,rather than intelligent human beings.

after world war ii, many colonies were granted autonomy and became independent nations.

the cause of the actor’s sudden death will not be known until the autopsy has been performed.

when you withdraw money,the bank compares your signature with the one in its files to see if it is authentic.

you do not have to defrost this refrigerator because it is equipped with an automatic defroster.

the alumni association is not under the control of the school. it is a completely autonomous group.

cracy---government

before 1789,france was an aristocracy.

when the revolution of 1789 began,many members of the french aristocracy fled to other lands.

germany under adolf hitler ws an autocracy.

the mayor was criticized for setting up an inefficient bureaucracy unresponsive to the needs of the people.

france helped the thirteen colonies establish the firse new world democracy.

if only millionaires can afford to run for office,we shall quickly become a plutocracy.

many are opposed to a technocracy because they do not wish to be ruled by technical experts.

an aristocrat would like to see noblemen in control of the government.

winston churchill was born an aristocrat;he was the son of sir randolph churchill.

the senator used to be a republican but is now a democrat.

dem,demo---people

no responsible leader,only a demagogue,would tell the people that,if elected,he will solve all their problems.

the high rate of absence in the lower grades last spring was caused by the measles epidemic.

federal aid was granted to the depressed area where unemployment had risen to epidemic proportions.

the adoption of the 19th amendment,giving women the franchise greatly democratized the united states.

a nation cannot be considered democratic unless its leaders are chosen by the people in free elections.

pan,panto---complete

a two-week vacation is wonderful for fatigue,but will not cure baldness or improve vision. it is no panaca.

the huge crowds in times squake grew noisier as the old year ticked away,and when midnight struck there was pandemonium.

the opposing knights,mounted and in full panoply,awaited the signal for the tournament to begin.

the top of the empire state building affords an excellent panorama of new york city and the surrounding area.

not until the great dictator did charlie chaplin play a speaking part. all his previous roles were in pantomime.

the pan-american highway links all of the countries of the western hemisphere rom alaska to chile.

chron,chrono---time

it is an anachronism to say that william shakespeare “typed” his manuscripts.

one of the earliest accounts of king arthur occurs in a 12th-century chronicle of the kings of britain.

bruce named all the presidents,but he made an error in chronology when he placed ulysses s.grant after abraham lincoln,instead of after andrew johnson.

the magazines in this file are not in chronological order. i found the february issue after the october one.

the clocks in the library need to be synchronized; one is a minute and a half behind the other.

the millionaire who was caught shoplifting was found to be suffering from kleptomania.

for a student with an a average to quit school two months before graduation is sheer mania.

though i am still fond of stamp collecting,i no longer have the mania for it that i originally had.

the deranged behavior of john’s brother leaves littl