Chapter XIX: Part II: Questions and Examples (1)

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ABANDON (page 1).

QUESTIONS.

1. To what objects or classes of objects does _abandon_ apply? _abdicate_? _cede_? _quit_? _resign_? _surrender_? 2. Is _abandon_ used in the favorable or unfavorable sense? _desert_ favorable or unfavorable? _forsake_? 3. What does _abandon_ commonly denote of previous relationship? _forsake_?

EXAMPLES.

The soldiers ---- his standard in such numbers that the commander
found it necessary to ---- the enterprise.

France was compelled to ---- Alsace and Lorraine to Germany.

In the height of his power Charles V. ---- the throne.

Finding resistance vain, the defenders agreed to ---- the fortress.

To the surprise of his friends, Senator Conkling suddenly ---- his
office.

At the stroke of the bell, the men instantly ---- work.

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ABASE (page 2).

QUESTIONS.

1. How does _abase_ differ from _debase_? _humble_ from _humiliate_? _degrade_ from _disgrace_?

EXAMPLES.

To provide funds, the king resolved to ---- the coinage.

He came from the scene of his disgrace, haughty and defiant, ----
but not ----.

The officer who had ---- himself by cowardice was ---- to the ranks.

Only the base in spirit will ---- themselves before wealth, rank,
and power.

The messenger was so ---- that no heed was paid to his message.

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ABASH (page 3).

QUESTIONS.

1. What has the effect to make one _abashed_? 2. How does _confuse_ differ from _abash_? 3. What do we mean when we say that a person is _mortified_? 4. Give an instance of the use of _mortified_ where _abashed_ could not be substituted. Why could not the words be interchanged? 5. Can one be _daunted_ who is not _abashed_? 6. Is _embarrass_ or _mortify_ the stronger word? Give instances.

EXAMPLES.

The peasant stood ---- in the royal presence.

The numerous questions ---- the witness.

The speaker was ---- for a moment, but quickly recovered himself.

At the revelation of such depravity, I was utterly ----.

When sensible of his error, the visitor was deeply ----.

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ABBREVIATION (page 4).

QUESTIONS.

1. Is an _abbreviation_ always a _contraction_? 2. Is a _contraction_ always an _abbreviation_? Give instances. 3. Can we have an _abbreviation_ of a book, paragraph, or sentence? What can be _abbreviated_? and what _abridged_?

EXAMPLES.

The treatise was already so brief that it did not admit of ----.

The ---- Dr. is used both for Doctor and Debtor.

F. R. S. is an ---- of the title "Fellow of the Royal Society."

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ABET (page 4).

QUESTIONS.

1. _Abet_, _incite_, _instigate_: which of these words are used in a good and which in a bad sense? 2. How does _abet_ differ from _incite_ and _instigate_ as to the time of the action? 3. Which of the three words apply to persons and which to actions? Give instances of the use of _abet_; _instigate_; _incite_.

EXAMPLES.

To further his own schemes, he ---- the viceroy to rebel against the
king.

To ---- a crime may be worse than to originate it, as arguing less
excitement and more calculation and cowardice.

The prosecution was evidently malicious, ---- by envy and revenge.

And you that do ---- him in this kind
Cherish rebellion, and are rebels all.

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ABHOR (page 5).

QUESTIONS.

1. Which is the stronger word, _abhor_ or _despise_? 2. What does _abhor_ denote? 3. How does Archbishop Trench illustrate the difference between _abhor_ and _shun_? 4. What does _detest_ express? 5. What does _loathe_ imply? Is it physical or moral in its application? 6. Give illustrations of the appropriate uses of the above words.

EXAMPLES.

He had sunk to such degradation as to be utterly ---- by all good
men.

Such weakness can only be ----.

Talebearers and backbiters are everywhere ----.

---- that which is evil; cleave to that which is good.

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ABIDE (page 5).

QUESTIONS.

1. What limit of time is expressed by _abide_? by _lodge_? by _live_, _dwell_, _reside_? 2. What is the meaning of _sojourn_? 3. Should we say one is _stopping_ or _staying_ at a hotel? and why? 4. Give examples of the extended, and of the limited use of _abide_.

EXAMPLES.

One generation passeth away and another generation cometh, but the
earth ---- forever.

And there were in the same country shepherds ---- in the field,
keeping watch over their flock by night.

So great was the crowd of visitors that many were compelled to ----
in the neighboring villages.

He is ---- at the Albemarle.

He has ---- for forty years in the same house.

By faith he ---- in the land of promise, as in a strange country.

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ABOLISH (page 6).

QUESTIONS.

1. Is _abolish_ used of persons or material objects? 2. Of what is it used? Give examples. 3. What does _annihilate_ signify? Is it stronger or weaker than _abolish_? 4. What terms do we use for doing away with _laws_, and how do those terms differ among themselves? 5. What are the differences between _overthrow_, _suppress_, and _subvert_? especially between the last two of those words? 6. How does _prohibit_ differ from _abolish_? 7. What word do we especially use of putting an end to a nuisance? 8. What other words of this class are especially referred to? 9. Give some antonyms of _abolish_.

EXAMPLES.

The one great endeavor of Buddhism is to ---- sorrow.

Modern science seems to show conclusively that matter is never ----.

The law, which had long been ---- by the revolutionists, was at last
---- by the legislature.

The ancient statute was found to have been ---- by later enactments,
though never formally ----.

The Supreme Court ---- the adverse decision of the inferior
tribunal.

Even in a republic, sedition should be promptly ----, or it may
result in the ---- of free institutions.

From the original settlement of Vineland, New Jersey, the sale of
intoxicating liquor has been ----.

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ABOMINATION (page 7).

QUESTIONS.

1. To what was _abomination_ originally applied? 2. Does it refer to a state of mind or to some act or other object of thought? 3. How does _abomination_ differ from _aversion_ or _disgust_? 4. How does an _abomination_ differ from an _offense_? from crime in general?

EXAMPLES.

After the ship began to pitch and roll, we could not look upon food
without ----.

It is time that such a ---- should be abated.

Capital punishment was formerly inflicted in England for trivial
----.

In spite of their high attainments in learning and art, the foulest
---- were prevalent among the Greeks and Romans of classic
antiquity.

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ABRIDGMENT (page 7).

QUESTIONS.

1. How does an _abridgment_ differ from an _outline_ or a _synopsis_? from an _abstract_ or _digest_? 2. How does an _abstract_ or _digest_ differ from an _outline_ or a _synopsis_? 3. Does an _analysis_ of a treatise deal with what is expressed, or with what is implied? 4. What words may we use to express a condensed view of a subject, whether derived from a previous publication or not?

EXAMPLES.

The New Testament may be regarded as an ---- of religion.

There are several excellent ---- of English literature.

An ---- of the decision of the court was published in all the
leading papers.

The publishers determined to issue an ---- of their dictionary.

Such ---- as U. S. for United States should be rarely used, unless
in hasty writing or technical works.

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ABSOLUTE (page 8).

QUESTIONS.

1. What does _absolute_ in the strict sense denote? _supreme_? 2. To what are these words in such sense properly applied? 3. How are they used in a modified sense? 4. Is _arbitrary_ ever used in a good sense? What is the chief use? Give examples. 5. How does _autocratic_ differ from _arbitrary_? both these words from _despotic_? _despotic_ from _tyrannical_? 6. Is _irresponsible_ good or bad in its implication? _arbitrary_? _imperative_? _imperious_? _peremptory_? _positive_? _authoritative_?

EXAMPLES.

God alone is ---- and ----.

The Czar of Russia is an ---- ruler.

---- power tends always to be ---- in its exercise.

On all questions of law in the United States the decision of the
---- Court is ---- and final.

Learning of the attack on our seamen, the government sent an ----
demand for apology and indemnity.

Man's ---- will and ---- intellect have given him dominion over all
other creatures on the earth, so that they are either subjugated or
exterminated.

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ABSOLVE (page 9).

QUESTIONS.

1. What is the original sense of _absolve_? 2. To what does it apply? 3. What is its special sense when used with reference to sins? 4. How does it differ from _acquit_? _forgive_? _justify_? _pardon_? 5. What are the chief antonyms of _absolve_?

EXAMPLES.

No power under heaven can ---- a man from his personal
responsibility.

When the facts were known, he was ---- of all blame.

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ABSORB (page 9).

QUESTIONS.

1. When is a fluid said to be _absorbed_? 2. Is the substance of the _absorbing_ body changed by that which it _absorbs_? Give instances. 3. How does _consume_ differ from _absorb_? 4. Give instances of the distinctive uses of _engross_, _swallow_, _imbibe_, and _absorb_ in the figurative sense. 5. What is the difference between _absorb_ and _emit_? _absorb_ and _radiate_?

EXAMPLES.

Tho the fuel was rapidly ---- within the furnace, very little heat
was ---- from the outer surface.

In setting steel rails special provision must be made for their
expansion under the influence of the heat that they ----.

Jip stood on the table and barked at Traddles so persistently that
he may be said to have ---- the conversation.

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ABSTINENCE (page 10).

QUESTIONS.

1. How does _abstinence_ differ from _abstemiousness_? from _self-denial_? 2. What is _temperance_ regarding things lawful and worthy? regarding things vicious and injurious? 3. What is the more exact term for the proper course regarding evil indulgences?

EXAMPLES.

He was so moderate in his desires that his ---- seemed to cost him
no ----.

Among the Anglo-Saxons the idea of universal and total ---- from all
intoxicants is little more than a century old.

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ABSTRACT, _v._; ABSTRACTED (page 10, 11).

QUESTIONS.

1. What is the difference between _abstract_ and _separate_? between _discriminate_ and _distinguish_?[C] 2. How does _abstract_, when said of the mind, differ from _divert_? from _distract_? 3. How do _abstracted_, _absorbed_, and _preoccupied_ differ from _absent-minded_? 4. Can one who is _preoccupied_ be said to be _listless_ or _thoughtless_? one who is _absent-minded_?

EXAMPLES.

He was so ---- with these perplexities as to be completely ---- of
his surroundings.

The busy student may be excused if ----; in the merely ---- or ----
it is intolerable.

The power to ---- one idea from all its associations and view it
alone is the ---- mark of a philosophical mind.

Numerous interruptions in the midst of ---- occupations had made him
almost ----.

[C] NOTE. See these words under DISCERN as referred to at the end of the paragraph on ABSTRACT in Part I. The pupil should be instructed, in all cases, to look up and read over the synonyms referred to by the words in small capitals at the end of the paragraph in Part I.

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ABSURD (page 11).

QUESTIONS.

1. What is the difference between _absurd_ and _paradoxical_? 2. What are the distinctions between _irrational_, _foolish_, and _silly_? 3. What is the especial implication in _unreasonable_? 4. How do _monstrous_ and _preposterous_ compare with _absurd_? 5. What is the especial element common to the _ludicrous_, the _ridiculous_, and the _nonsensical_? 6. What are some chief antonyms of _absurd_?

EXAMPLES.

A statement may be disproved by deducing logically from it a
conclusion that is ----.

Carlyle delighted in ---- utterances.

The ---- hatred of the Jews in the Middle Ages led the populace to
believe the most ---- slanders concerning them.

I attempted to dissuade him from the ---- plan, but found him
altogether ----; many of his arguments were so ---- as to be
positively ----.

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ABUSE (page 12).

QUESTIONS.

1. To what does _abuse_ apply? 2. How does _abuse_ differ from _damage_ (as in the case of rented property, _e. g._)? 3. How does _abuse_ differ from _harm_? 4. What words of this group are used in a bad sense? 5. Is _reproach_ good or bad? 6. How do _persecute_ and _oppress_ differ? 7. Do _misemploy_, _misuse_, and _pervert_ apply to persons or things? To which does _abuse_ apply?

EXAMPLES.

The tenant shall not ---- the property beyond reasonable wear.

---- intellectual gifts make the dangerous villain.

In his rage he began to ---- and ---- all who had formerly been his
friends.

To be ---- for doing right can never really ---- a true man.

In no way has man ---- his fellow man more cruelly than by ---- him
for his religious belief.

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ACCESSORY, _n._ (page 13).

QUESTIONS.

1. Which words of this group are used in a good, and which in a bad sense? 2. Which are indifferently either good or bad? 3. To what does _ally_ generally apply? _colleague_? 4. How does an _associate_ compare in rank with a principal? 5. Is _assistant_ or _attendant_ the higher word? How do both these words compare with _associate_? 6. In what sense are _follower_, _henchman_, and _retainer_ used? _partner_? 7. What is the legal distinction between _abettor_ and _accessory_? 8. To what is _accomplice_ nearly equivalent? Which is the preferred legal term?

EXAMPLES.

The Senator differed with his ---- in this matter.

The baron rode into town with a great array of armed ----.

France and Russia seem to have become firm ----.

The ---- called to the ---- for a fresh bandage.

All persons, but especially the young, should take the greatest care
in the choice of their ----.

As he was not present at the actual commission of the crime, he was
held to be only an ---- and not an ----.

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ACCIDENT (page 14).

QUESTIONS.

1. What is the difference between _accident_ and _chance_? 2. How does _incident_ differ from both? 3. What is the special significance of _fortune_? 4. How does it differ in usage from _chance_? 5. How are _accident_, _misadventure_, and _mishap_ distinguished?

EXAMPLES.

Gambling clings almost inseparably to games of ----.

Bruises and contusions are regarded as ordinary ---- of the cavalry
service.

The prudent man is careful not to tempt ---- too far.

The misplacement of the switch caused a terrible ----.

Great thoughts and high purposes keep one from being greatly
disturbed by the little ---- of daily life.

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ACQUAINTANCE (page 15).

QUESTIONS.

1. What does _acquaintance_ between persons imply? 2. How does _acquaintance_ differ from _companionship_? _acquaintance_ from _friendship_? from _intimacy_? 3. How does _fellowship_ differ from _friendship_?

EXAMPLES.

A public speaker becomes known to many persons whom he does not
know, but who are ready promptly to claim ---- with him.

The ---- of life must bring us into ---- with many who can not be
admitted within the inner circle of ----.

The ---- of school and college life often develop into the most
beautiful and enduring ----.

Between those most widely separated by distance of place and time,
by language, station, occupation, and creed, there may yet be true
---- of soul.

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ACRIMONY (page 15).

QUESTIONS.

1. How does _acerbity_ differ from _asperity_? _asperity_ from _acrimony_? 2. How is _acrimony_ distinguished from _malignity_? _malignity_ from _virulence_? 3. What is implied in the use of the word _severity_?

EXAMPLES.

A certain ---- of speech had become habitual with him.

To this ill-timed request, he answered with sudden ----.

A constant sense of injustice may deepen into a settled ----.

This smooth and pleasing address veiled a deep ----.

Great ---- will be patiently borne if the sufferer is convinced of
its essential justice.

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ACT (page 16).

QUESTIONS.

1. How is _act_ distinguished from _action_? from _deed_? 2. Which of the words in this group necessarily imply an external effect? Which may be wholly mental?

EXAMPLES.

He who does the truth will need no instruction as to individual
----s.

---- is the truth of thought.

The ---- is done.

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ACTIVE (page 17).

QUESTIONS.

1. With what two sets of words is _active_ allied? 2. How does _active_ differ from _busy_? from _industrious_? 3. How do _active_ and _restless_ compare? 4. To what sort of activity does _officious_ refer? 6. What are some chief antonyms of _active_?

EXAMPLES.

Being of an ---- disposition and without settled purpose or definite
occupation, she became ---- as a hornet.

He had his ---- days and hours, but could never be properly said to
be ----.

An ---- attendant instantly seized upon my baggage.

The true student is ---- from the mere love of learning,
independently of its rewards.

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ACUMEN (page 18).

QUESTIONS.

1. How do _sharpness_, _acuteness_, _penetration_, and _insight_ compare with _acumen_? 2. What is the special characteristic of _acumen_? To what order of mind does it belong? 3. What is _sagacity_? Is it attributed to men or brutes? 4. What is _perspicacity_? 5. What is _shrewdness_? Is it ordinarily good or evil? 6. Give illustrations of the uses of the above words as regards the possessors of the corresponding qualities.

EXAMPLES.

The treatise displays great critical ----.

The Indians had developed a practical ---- that enabled them to
follow a trail by scarcely perceptible signs almost as unerringly as
the hound by scent.

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ADD (page 18).

QUESTIONS.

1. How is _add_ related to _increase_? How does it differ from _multiply_? 2. What does _augment_ signify? Of what is it ordinarily used? 3. To what does _amplify_ apply? 4. In what ways may a discourse or treatise be _amplified_?

EXAMPLES.

Care to our coffin ---- a nail no doubt;
And every grin, so merry, draws one out.

---- up at night, what thou hast done by day;
And in the morning what thou hast to do.

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ADDRESS, _v._ (page 19).

QUESTIONS.

1. What does _accost_ always signify? _greet_? _hail_? 2. How does _salute_ differ from _accost_ or _greet_? _address_? 3. What is it to _apostrophize_?

EXAMPLES.

The pale snowdrop is springing
To ---- the glowing sun.

---- to the Chief who in triumph advances.

His faithful dog ---- the smiling guest.

---- ye heroes! heaven-born band!
Who fought and died in freedom's cause.

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ADDRESS, _n._ (page 20).

QUESTIONS.

1. What is _address_ in the sense here considered? 2. What is _tact_? 3. What qualities are included in _address_?

EXAMPLES.

And the tear that is wiped with a little ----
May be follow'd perhaps by a smile.

The ---- of doing doth expresse
No other but the doer's willingnesse.

I have very poor and unhappy brains for drinking; I could wish ----
would invent some other custom of entertainment.

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ADEQUATE (page 21).

QUESTIONS.

1. What do _adequate_, _commensurate_, and _sufficient_ alike signify? How does _commensurate_ specifically differ from the other two words? Give examples. 2. To what do _adapted_, _fit_, _suitable_, and _qualified_ refer? 3. Is _satisfactory_ a very high recommendation of any work? Why? 4. Is _able_ or _capable_ the higher word? Illustrate.

EXAMPLES.

We know not of what we are ---- till the trial comes.

Indeed, left nothing ---- for your purpose untouched, slightly
handled, in discourse.

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ADHERENT (page 21).

QUESTIONS.

1. What is an _adherent_? 2. How does an _adherent_ differ from a _supporter_? from a _disciple_? 3. How do both the above words differ from _ally_? 4. Has _partisan_ a good or a bad sense, and why? 5. Is it well to speak of a _supporter_ as a _backer_?

EXAMPLES.

Also of your own selves shall men arise speaking perverse things to
draw away ----s after them.

Woman is woman's natural ----.

Self-defense compelled the European nations to be ----s against
Napoleon.

The deposed monarch was found to have a strong body of ----s.

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ADJACENT (page 22).

QUESTIONS.

1. What is the difference between _adjacent_ and _adjoining_? _contiguous_? _conterminous_? 2. What distance is implied in _near_? _neighboring_? 3. What does _next_ always imply? 4. Give antonyms of _adjacent_; _near_.

EXAMPLES.

Stronger by weakness, wiser men become,
As they draw ---- to their eternal home.

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ADMIRE (page 23).

QUESTIONS.

1. In what sense was _admire_ formerly used? What does it now express? 2. How does _admire_ compare with _revere_? _venerate_? _adore_? Give instances of the use of these words.

EXAMPLES.

The beautiful are sure to be ----.

Henceforth the majesty of God ----;
Fear him, and you have nothing else to fear.

I value Science--none can prize it more,
It gives ten thousand motives to ----:
Be it religious, as it ought to be,
The heart it humbles, and it bows the knee.

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ADORN (page 23).

QUESTIONS.

1. How does _adorn_ differ from _ornament_? from _garnish_? from _deck_ or _bedeck_? from _decorate_?

EXAMPLES.

At church, with meek and unaffected grace,
His looks ---- the venerable place.

The red breast oft, at evening hours,
Shall kindly lend his little aid,
With hoary moss, and gathered flowers,
To ---- the ground where thou art laid.

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AFFRONT (page 24).

QUESTIONS.

1. What is it to _affront_? 2. How does _affront_ compare with _insult_? with _tease_? _annoy_?

EXAMPLES.

It is safer to ---- some people than to oblige them; for the better
a man deserves, the worse they will speak of him.

Oh, rather give me commentators plain,
Who with no deep researches ---- the brain.

The petty desire to ---- is simply a perversion of the human love of
power.

They rushed to meet the ---- foe.

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AGENT (page 24).

QUESTIONS.

1. How does _agent_ in the philosophical sense compare with _mover_ or _doer_? 2. What different sense has it in business usage?

EXAMPLES.

That morality may mean anything, man must be held to be a free ----.

The ---- declined to take the responsibility in the absence of the
owner.

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AGREE (page 25).

QUESTIONS.

1. How do _concur_ and _coincide_ differ in range of meaning? How with reference to expression in action? 2. How does _accede_ compare with _consent_? 3. Which is the most general word of this group?

EXAMPLES.

A woman's lot is made for her by the love she ----.

My poverty, but not my will, ----.

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AGRICULTURE (page 25).

QUESTIONS.

1. What does _agriculture_ include? How does it differ from _farming_? 2. What is _gardening_? _floriculture_? _horticulture_?

EXAMPLES.

Loan oft loses both itself and friend;
And borrowing dulls the edge of ----.

A field becomes exhausted by constant ----.

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AIM (page 26).

QUESTIONS.

1. What is an _aim_? How does it differ from _mark_? from _goal_? 2. How do _end_ and _object_ compare? 3. To what does _aspiration_ apply? How does it differ in general from _design_, _endeavor_, or _purpose_? 4. How does _purpose_ compare with _intention_? 5. What is _design_?

EXAMPLES.

In deeds of daring rectitude, in scorn
For miserable ---- that end with self.

O yet we trust that somehow good
Will be the final ---- of ill.

How quickly nature falls into revolt,
When gold becomes her ----.

It is not ----, but ambition that is the mother of misery in man.

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AIR (page 27).

QUESTIONS.

1. What is _air_ in the sense here considered? 2. How does _air_ differ from _appearance_? 3. What is the difference between _expression_ and _look_? 4. What is the sense of _bearing_? _carriage_? 5. How does _mien_ differ from _air_? 6. What does _demeanor_ include?

EXAMPLES.

I never, with important ----,
In conversation overbear.

Vice is a monster of so frightful ----,
As, to be hated, needs but to be seen.

Grief fills the room up of my absent child,
Lies in his bed, walks up and down with me,
Puts on his pretty ----, repeats his words.

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AIRY (page 27).

QUESTIONS.

1. How does _airy_ agree with and differ from _aerial_? Give instances of the uses of the two words. 2. What does _ethereal_ signify? _sprightly_? 3. Are _lively_ and _animated_ used in the favorable or unfavorable sense?

EXAMPLES.

---- tongues that syllable men's names, on sands and shores and
desert wildernesses.

The ---- mold
Incapable of stain, would soon expel
Her mischief, and purge off the baser fire,
Victorious.

Society became my glittering bride,
And ---- hopes my children.

Soft o'er the shrouds ---- whispers breathe,
That seemed but zephyrs to the train beneath.

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ALARM (page 28).

QUESTIONS.

1. What is the derivation and distinctive meaning of _alarm_? 2. What do _affright_ and _fright_ express? Give an illustration of the contrasted terms. 3. How are _apprehension_, _disquietude_, _dread_, and _misgiving_ related to the danger that excites them? 4. What are _consternation_, _dismay_, and _terror_, and how are they related to the danger? 5. What is _timidity_?

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ALERT (page 28).

QUESTIONS.

1. To what do _alert_, _wide-awake_, and _ready_ refer? 2. How does _ready_ differ from _alert_? from _prepared_? 3. What does _prompt_ signify? 4. What is the secondary meaning of _alert_?

EXAMPLES.

To be ---- for war is one of the most effectual ways of preserving
peace.

He who is not ---- to-day will be less so to-morrow.

Thus ending loudly, as he would o'erleap
His destiny, ---- he stood.

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ALIEN, _a. & n._ (page 29).

QUESTIONS.

1. How does _alien_ differ from _foreign_? 2. Is a _foreigner_ by birth necessarily an _alien_? 3. Are the people of one country while residing in their own land _foreigners_ or _aliens_ to the people of other lands? 4. How can one residing in a _foreign_ country cease to be an _alien_ in that country? 5. How do _foreign_ and _alien_ differ in their figurative use?

EXAMPLES.

By ---- hands thy dying eyes were closed
. . .
By ---- hands thy humble grave adorned
By strangers honored and by strangers mourned.

What is religion? Not a ---- inhabitant, nor something ---- to our
nature, which comes and takes up its abode in the soul.

---- from the commonwealth of Israel and ---- from the covenants of
promise.

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ALIKE (page 30).

QUESTIONS.

1. How does _alike_ compare with _similar_? with _identical_? 2. What is the distinction often made between _equal_ and _equivalent_? 3. What is the sense of _analogous_? (Compare synonyms for ANALOGY.) 4. In what sense is _homogeneous_ used?

EXAMPLES.

Sometimes gentle, sometimes capricious, sometimes awful; never the
---- for two moments together.

Fashioned for himself, a bride;
An ----, taken from his side.

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ALLAY (page 31).

QUESTIONS.

1. What is the distinction between _allay_ and _alleviate_? Which word implies a partial removal of the cause of suffering, or an actual _lightening_ of the burden? 2. With which of the above words are we to class _appease_, _pacify_, _soothe_, and the like? 3. With what words is _alleviate_ especially to be grouped? (See synonyms for ALLEVIATE.)

EXAMPLES.

Such songs have power to ----
The restless pulse of care,
And come like the benediction
That follows after prayer.

Many a word, at random spoken
May ---- or wound a heart that's broken!

* * * * *

ALLEGE (page 31).

QUESTIONS.

1. Which is the primary and which the secondary word, _allege_ or _adduce_? Why? 2. How much of certainty is implied in _allege_? 3. How much does one admit when he speaks of an _alleged_ fact, document, signature, or the like?

EXAMPLES.

In many ---- cases of haunted houses, the spirits have not ventured
to face an armed man who has passed the night there.

I can not ---- one thing and mean another. If I can't pray I will
not make believe!

* * * * *

ALLEGORY (page 33).

QUESTIONS.

1. How does _allegory_ compare with _simile_? _Simile_ with _metaphor_? 2. What are the distinctions between _allegory_, _fable_, and _parable_? 3. Under what general term are all these included? 4. To what is _fiction_ now most commonly applied?

EXAMPLES.

In argument
---- are like songs in love:
They much describe; they nothing prove.

And He spake many things unto them in ----, saying, Behold a sower
went forth to sow.

* * * * *

ALLEVIATE (page 33).

QUESTIONS.

1. How does _alleviate_ differ from _relieve_? from _remove_? 2. Is _alleviate_ used of persons? 3. What are the special significations of _abate_? _assuage_? _mitigate_? _moderate_? 4. How does _alleviate_ compare with _allay_? (Compare synonyms for ALLAY.)

EXAMPLES.

To pity distress is but human; to ---- it is Godlike.

But, O! what mighty magician can ----
A woman's envy?

* * * * *

ALLIANCE (page 34).

QUESTIONS.

1. What is an _alliance_? how does it differ from _partnership_? from _coalition_? from _league_? 2. How does a _confederacy_ or _federation_ differ from a _union_?

EXAMPLES.

The two nations formed an offensive and defensive ---- against the
common enemy.

Till the war-drum throbbed no longer, and the battle-flags were furled,
In the Parliament of man, the ---- of the world.

Business ---- are the warrant for the existence of trade ----.

* * * * *

ALLOT (page 34).

QUESTIONS.

1. Does _allot_ refer to time, place, or person? 2. To what does _appoint_ refer? _assign_? 3. How does _destine_ differ from _appoint_? 4. How does _award_ differ from _allot_, _appoint_, and _assign_?

EXAMPLES.

Man hath his daily work of body or mind ----.

He ----eth the moon for seasons; the sun knoweth his going down.

The king is but as the hind ...
Who may not wander from the ---- field
Before his work be done.

* * * * *

ALLOW (page 35).

QUESTIONS.

1. What is the difference between _allow_ and _permit_? between a _permit_ and _permission_? 2. What instances can you give of the use of these words, also of _tolerate_ and _submit_? 3. What does _yield_ imply?

EXAMPLES.

Frederick ---- the Austrians to cross the mountains that he might
attack them on a field of his own choosing.

The cruelty and envy of the people
---- by our dastard nobles, who
Have all forsook me, hath devoured the rest.

State churches have ever been unwilling to ---- dissent.

* * * * *

ALLUDE (page 36).

QUESTIONS.

1. What is the distinctive sense of _allude_? of _advert_? of _refer_? 2. How do the above words compare with _mention_ as to explicitness? 3. How do _hint_ and _insinuate_ differ?

EXAMPLES.

Late in the eighteenth century Cowper did not venture to do more
than ---- to the great allegorist [Bunyan], saying:

"I name thee not, lest so despised a name
Should move a sneer at thy deserved fame."

* * * * *

ALLURE (page 37).

QUESTIONS.

1. What is it to _allure_? 2. How does _allure_ differ from _attract_? from _lure_? 3. What does _coax_ express? 4. What is it to _cajole_? to _decoy_? to _inveigle_? 5. How does _seduce_ differ from _tempt_? 6. Is _win_ used in the favorable or unfavorable sense?

EXAMPLES.

The ruddy square of comfortable light
---- him, as the beacon blaze ----
The bird of passage.

But Satan now is wiser than of yore,
And ---- by making rich, not making poor.

He had a strange gift of ---- friends, and of ---- the love of
women.

* * * * *

ALSO (page 37).

QUESTIONS.

1. Into what two groups are the synonyms for _also_ naturally divided? 2. Which words simply add a fact or thought? 3. Which distinctly imply that what is added is like that to which it is added?

EXAMPLES.

Thine to work ---- to pray,
Clearing thorny wrongs away;
Plucking up the weeds of sin,
Letting heaven's warm sunshine in.

* * * * *

ALTERNATIVE (page 38).

QUESTIONS.

1. What is the difference between _choice_ and _alternative_ in the strict use of language? 2. Is _alternative_ always so severely restricted by leading writers? 3. What do _choice_, _pick_, _election_, and _preference_ imply regarding one's wishes? _alternative_? _resources_?

EXAMPLES.

Homer delights to call Ulysses "the man of many ----."

* * * * *

AMASS (page 38).

QUESTIONS.

1. What is it to _amass_? 2. How is _amass_ distinguished from _accumulate_? 3. Is interest _amassed_ or _accumulated_? 4. How does _hoard_ differ from _store_?

EXAMPLES.

By daring and successful speculation, he ---- a prodigious fortune.

The sum was the ---- savings of an industrious and frugal life.

O, to what purpose dost thou ---- thy words,
That thou return'st no greeting to thy friends?

* * * * *

AMATEUR (page 39).

QUESTIONS.

1. What is the difference between _amateur_ and _connoisseur_? between _connoisseur_ and _critic_? 2. Which word carries a natural implication of superficialness? 3. How do _novice_ and _tyro_ differ from _amateur_?

EXAMPLES.

He was in Logic a great ----
Profoundly skill'd in Analytic;
He could distinguish, and divide
A hair 'twixt south and south-west side.

The greatest works in poetry, painting, and sculpture have not been
done by ----.

The mere ---- who produces nothing, and whose business is only to
judge and enjoy.

* * * * *

AMAZEMENT (page 39).

QUESTIONS.

1. What do _amazement_ and _astonishment_ agree in expressing? 2. How do the two words differ? 3. What is the meaning of _awe_? of _admiration_? 4. How does _surprise_ differ from _astonishment_ and _amazement_? 5. What are the characteristics of _wonder_?

EXAMPLES.

'Twas while he toiled him to be freed,
And with the rein to raise the steed,
That, from ----'s iron trance,
All Wycklif's soldiers waked at once.

Can such things be,
And overcome us like a summer's cloud,
Without our special ----?

The fool of nature stood with stupid eyes
And gaping mouth that testified ----.

* * * * *

AMBITION (page 40).

QUESTIONS.

1. What two senses has _ambition_? 2. How does _ambition_ differ from _aspiration_? Which is the higher word? 3. What is the distinctive sense of _emulation_? 4. Has _emulation_ a good side? How does it compare with _aspiration_?

EXAMPLES.

Cromwell, I charge thee, fling away ----
By that sin, fell the angels.

Envy, to which th' ignoble mind's a slave,
Is ---- in the learn'd or brave.

I have no spur
To prick the sides of my intent, but only
Vaulting ----.

* * * * *

AMEND (page 41).

QUESTIONS.

1. What is it to _amend_? 2. How do _advance_, _better_, and _improve_ differ from _amend_? 3. Are these words applied to matters decidedly bad, foul, or evil? 4. What is the difference between _amend_ and _emend_?

EXAMPLES.

Return ye now every man from his evil way, and ---- your doings.

The construction here is difficult, and the text at this point has
been variously ----.

Human characters and conditions never reach such perfection that
they can not be ----.

* * * * *

AMIABLE (page 42).

QUESTIONS.

1. To what does _lovely_ often apply? 2. To what does _amiable_ always apply? 3. How do _agreeable_, _attractive_, and _charming_ differ from _amiable_? Give examples. 4. Is a _good-natured_ person necessarily _agreeable_? an _amiable_ person?

EXAMPLES.

His life was ----; and the elements
So mixed in him, that Nature might stand up
And say to all the world, This was a man!

The east is blossoming! Yea a rose,
Vast as the heavens, soft as a kiss,
---- as the presence of woman is.

* * * * *

ANALOGY (page 43).

QUESTIONS.

1. What is the specific meaning of _analogy_? 2. What is _affinity_? _coincidence_? 3. Does _coincidence_ necessarily involve _resemblance_ or _likeness_? 4. What is _parity_ of _reasoning_? 5. What is a _similitude_? 6. How do _resemblance_ and _similarity_ differ from _analogy_?

EXAMPLES.

The two boys bore a close ---- to each other.

It is not difficult to trace the ---- of the home to the state.

* * * * *

ANGER (page 44).

QUESTIONS.

1. What are the especial characteristics of _anger_? How does it differ from _indignation_? _exasperation_? _rage_? _wrath_? _ire_?

EXAMPLES.

My enemy has long borne me a feeling of ----.

Christ was filled with ---- at the hypocrisy of the Jews.

I was overcome by a sudden feeling of ----.

* * * * *

ANIMAL (page 45).

QUESTIONS.

1. What is an _animal_? a _brute_? a _beast_? 2. Is man an _animal_? 3. What is implied if we speak of any particular man as an _animal_? a _brute_? a _beast_? 4. What forms of existence does the word _creature_ include? 5. What are the animals of a country or region collectively called?

EXAMPLES.

It is only within the last half century that societies have been
organized for the prevention of cruelty to ----.

O that men should put an enemy in their mouths to steal away their
brains! that we should with joy, pleasance, revel, and applause,
transform ourselves into ----!

Take a ---- out of his instinct, and you find him wholly deprived of
understanding.

Spurning manhood and its joys to loot,
To be a lawless, lazy, sensual ----.

* * * * *

ANNOUNCE (page 46).

QUESTIONS.

1. What is it to _announce_? 2. Does it apply chiefly to the past or the future? 3. To what is _advertise_ chiefly applied? _propound_? _promulgate_? _publish_?

EXAMPLES.

The Sphinx ---- its riddles with life and death depending on the
answer.

Through the rare felicity of the times you are permitted to think
what you please and to ---- what you please.

The songs of birds and the wild flowers in the woodlands ---- the
coming of spring.

* * * * *

ANSWER (page 46).

QUESTIONS.

1. What is a verbal _answer_? 2. In what wider sense is _answer_ used? 3. What is a _reply_? a _rejoinder_? 4. How does an _answer_ to a charge, an argument, or the like, differ from a _reply_ or _rejoinder_? 5. What is the special quality of a _response_? 6. What is a _retort_? How does it differ from _repartee_?

EXAMPLES.

I can no other ---- make, but thanks.

Theirs not to make ----
Theirs not to reason why,
Theirs but to do and die.

Upon thy princely warrant I descend,
To give thee ---- of thy just demand.

He could not be content without finding a ---- in Nature to every
mood of his mind; and he does find it.

A man renowned for ----
Will seldom scruple to make free
With friendship's honest feeling.

Nothing is so easy and inviting as the ---- of abuse and sarcasm;
but it is a paltry and unprofitable contest.

* * * * *

ANTICIPATE, ANTICIPATION (page 47).

QUESTIONS.

1. What are the two contrasted senses of _anticipate_? 2. Which is now the more common? 3. How does _anticipate_ differ from _expect_? from _hope_? from _apprehend_? 4. How does _anticipation_ differ from _presentiment_? from _apprehension_? from _foreboding_? 5. What special element is involved in _foretaste_? How do _foresight_ and _forethought_ go beyond the meaning of _anticipation_?

EXAMPLES.

Then some leaped overboard with fearful yell,
As eager to ---- their grave.

England ---- every man to do his duty.

These are portents; but yet I ----, I hope,
They do not point on me.

If I know your sect, I ---- your argument.

The happy ---- of a renewed existence in company with the spirits of
the just.

* * * * *

ANTIPATHY (page 48).

QUESTIONS.

1. How is _antipathy_ to be distinguished from _dislike_? from _antagonism_? from _aversion_? 2. What is _uncongeniality_? How does it differ from _antipathy_? Which is positive? and which negative?

EXAMPLES.

Christianity is the solvent of all race ----.

From my soul I loathe
All affectation; 'tis my perfect scorn, object of my implacable ----.

* * * * *

ANTIQUE (page 48).

QUESTIONS.

1. To what does _antique_ refer? _antiquated_? 2. Is the difference between them a matter of time? Give examples. 3. Can a modern building be _antiquated_? Can it be _antique_? 4. What is the significance of _quaint_?

EXAMPLES.

My copper lamps, at any rate,
For being true ----, I bought.

I do love these ---- ruins,
We never tread upon them but we set
Our foot upon some reverend history.

* * * * *

ANXIETY (page 49).

QUESTIONS.

1. What is _anxiety_ in the primary sense? Is it mental or physical? 2. How does _anxiety_ differ from _anguish_? 3. What kind of possibility does _anxiety_ always suggest? 4. How does it differ from _apprehension_, _fear_, _dread_, etc., in this regard? 5. What is _worry_? _fretfulness_? 6. Does _perplexity_ involve anxiety?

EXAMPLES.

Yield not to ---- the future, weep not for the past.

Superstition invested the slightest incidents of life with needless
----.

---- is harder than work, and far less profitable.

* * * * *

APATHY (page 50).

QUESTIONS.

1. What is _apathy_? 2. How does it differ from the Saxon word _unfeelingness_? from _indifference_? from _insensibility_? from _unconcern_? 3. How does _stoicism_ differ from _apathy_?

EXAMPLES.

In lazy ---- let stoics boast
Their virtue fixed: 'tis fixed as in a frost.

At length the morn and cold ---- came.

He sank into a ---- from which it was impossible to arouse him.

* * * * *

APOLOGY (page 51).

QUESTIONS.

1. What change of meaning has _apology_ undergone? 2. What does an _apology_ now always imply? 3. How does an _apology_ differ from an _excuse_? 4. Which of these words may refer to the future? 5. How does _confession_ differ from _apology_?

EXAMPLES.

---- only account for that which they do not alter.

Beauty is its own ---- for being.

There is no refuge from ---- but suicide; and suicide is ----.

* * * * *

APPARENT (page 52).

QUESTIONS.

1. What two contrasted senses arise from the root meaning of _apparent_? 2. What is implied when we speak of _apparent_ kindness or _apparent_ neglect? 3. How do _presumable_ and _probable_ differ? 4. What implication is conveyed in _seeming_? What do we suggest when we speak of "_seeming_ innocence"?

EXAMPLES.

It is not ---- that the students will attempt to break the rules
again.

It is not yet ---- what his motive could have been in committing
such an offense.

It is ---- that something has been omitted which was essential to
complete the construction.

* * * * *

APPETITE (page 54).

QUESTIONS.

1. Of what kind of demands or impulses is _appetite_ ordinarily used? 2. What demands or tendencies are included in _passion_? 3. What is implied by _passions_ and _appetites_ when used as contrasted terms?

EXAMPLES.

Govern well thy ----, lest sin
Surprise thee, and her black attendant Death.

Take heed lest ---- sway
Thy judgment to do aught which else free will
Would not admit.

* * * * *

APPORTION (page 54).

QUESTIONS.

1. What is the special significance of _apportion_ by which it is distinguished from _allot_, _assign_, _distribute_, or _divide_? 2. What is the significance of _dispense_ in the transitive use? 3. What is it to _appropriate_?

EXAMPLES.

Representatives are ---- among the several states according to the
population.

The treasure was ---- and their shares duly ---- among the captors.

* * * * *

APPROXIMATION (page 55).

QUESTIONS.

1. What is an _approximation_ in the mathematical sense? 2. How close an approach to exactness and certainty does _approximation_ imply? 3. How does _approximation_ differ from _resemblance_ and _similarity_? from _approach_? 4. How does _approximation_, as regards the class of objects to which it is applied, differ from _nearness_, _neighborhood_, or _propinquity_?

EXAMPLES.

We have to be content with ---- to a solution.

Without faith, there is no real ---- to God.

Wit consists in knowing the ---- of things which differ, and the
difference of things which are alike.

* * * * *

ARMS (page 55).

QUESTIONS.

1. What is the difference between _arms_ and _armor_? 2. In what connection is _armor_ used in modern warfare?

EXAMPLES.

---- on ---- clashing brayed
Horrible discord.

There is constant rivalry between irresistible projectiles and
impenetrable ----.

* * * * *

ARMY (page 56).

QUESTIONS.

1. What are the essentials of an _army_? 2. Is an _army_ large or small? 3. What term would be applied to a _multitude_ of armed men without order or organization? 4. In what sense is _host_ used? _legion_?

EXAMPLES.

For the ---- is a school in which the miser becomes generous, and
the generous, prodigal; miserly soldiers are like monsters, but very
rarely seen.

The still-discordant wavering ----.

* * * * *

ARRAIGN (page 56).

QUESTIONS.

1. To what kind of proceedings do _indict_ and _arraign_ apply? 2. How is one _indicted_? How _arraigned_? 3. How do these words differ from _charge_? _accuse_? _censure_?

EXAMPLES.

The criminal was ---- for trial for his offenses.

Religion does not ---- or exclude unnumbered pleasures, harmlessly
pursued.

* * * * *

ARTIFICE (page 58).

QUESTIONS.

1. What is an _artifice_? a _device_? _finesse_? 2. In what sense are _cheat_, _maneuver_, and _imposture_ always used? 3. In what sense is _trick_ commonly used? 4. What is a _fraud_? 5. Is _wile_ used in a good or a bad sense? 6. Does the good or the bad sense commonly attach to the words _artifice_, _contrivance_, _ruse_, _blind_, _device_, and _finesse_?

EXAMPLES.

Those who can not gain their ends by force naturally resort to ----.

The enemy were decoyed from their defenses by a skilful ----.

Quips and cranks and wanton ----,
Nods and becks and wreathed smiles.

Whoever has even once become notorious by base ----, even if he
speaks the truth, gains no belief.

* * * * *

ARTIST (page 58).

QUESTIONS.

1. What is an _artist_? an _artisan_? 2. What is an _artificer_? How related to _artist_ and _artisan_?

EXAMPLES.

The power depends on the depth of the ----'s insight of that object
he contemplates.

Infuse into the purpose with which you follow the various
employments and professions of life the sense of beauty, and you are
transformed at once from an ---- into an ----.

If too many ---- turn shopkeepers, the whole natural quantity of
that business divided among them all may afford too small a share
for each.

* * * * *

ASK (page 59).

QUESTIONS.

1. For what class of objects does one _ask_? For what does he _beg_? 2. How do _entreat_ and _beseech_ compare with _ask_? 3. What is the special sense of _implore_? of _supplicate_? 4. How are _crave_ and _request_ distinguished? _pray_ and _petition_? 5. What kind of _asking_ is implied in _demand_? in _require_? How do these two words differ from one another?

EXAMPLES.

We, ignorant of ourselves,
---- often our own harms, which the wise powers
Deny us for our good: so we find profit,
By losing of our prayers.

The harvest truly is great, but the labourers are few: ---- ye
therefore the Lord of the harvest that he would send forth labourers
into his harvest.

Speak with me, pity me, open the door,
A beggar ---- that never begg'd before.

Be not afraid to ----; to ---- is right.
----, if thou canst, with hope; but ever ----.
Though hope be weak or sick with long delay;
---- in the darkness, if there be no light.

* * * * *

ASSOCIATE (page 60).

QUESTIONS.

1. What does _associate_ imply, as used officially? What when used in popular language? 2. Do we speak of associates in crime or wrong? What words are preferred in such connection? (See synonyms for ACCESSORY.) 3. Is _companion_ used in a good or bad sense? 4. How does it differ in use from _associate_? 5. What is the significance of _peer_? _comrade_? _consort_?

EXAMPLES.

His best ----, innocence and health,
And his best riches, ignorance of wealth.

The ---- accepted Napoleon's abdication.

The leader in the plot was betrayed by his ----.

* * * * *

ASSUME (page 61).

QUESTIONS.

1. Does _assume_ apply to that which is rightfully or wrongfully taken? 2. In what use does _assume_ correspond with _arrogate_ and _usurp_? 3. How do _arrogate_ and _usurp_ differ from each other? How does _assume_ differ from _postulate_ as regards debate or reasoning of any kind?

EXAMPLES.

Wherefore do I ----
These royalties, and not refuse to reign.

---- a virtue if you have it not.

For well we know no hand of blood and bone
Can gripe the sacred handle of our scepter,
Unless he do profane, steal, or ----.

* * * * *

ASSURANCE (page 61).

QUESTIONS.

1. What is _assurance_ in the good sense? 2. What is _assurance_ in the bad sense? 3. How does _assurance_ compare with _impudence_? with _effrontery_?

EXAMPLES.

Let us draw near with a true heart in full ---- of faith.

Some wicked wits have libel'd all the fair.
With matchless ---- they style a wife
The dear-bought curse, and lawful plague of life.

With brazen ---- he denied the most indisputable facts.

* * * * *

ASTUTE (page 62).

QUESTIONS.

1. From what language is _acute_ derived? What is its distinctive sense? 2. From what language is _keen_ derived? What does it distinctively denote? 3. From what language is _astute_ derived, and what was its original meaning? 4. In present use what does _astute_ add to the meaning of _acute_ or _keen_? 5. What does _astute_ imply regarding the ulterior purpose or object of the person who is credited with it?

EXAMPLES.

You statesmen are so ---- in forming schemes!

He taketh the wise in their own ----ness.

The most ---- reasoner may be deluded, when he practises sophistry
upon himself.

* * * * *

ATTACHMENT (page 63).

QUESTIONS.

1. What is _attachment_? How does it differ from _adherence_ or _adhesion_? from _affection_? from _inclination_? from _regard_?

EXAMPLES.

Talk not of wasted ----, ---- never was wasted.

You do not weaken your ---- for your family by cultivating ----s
beyond its pale, but deepen and intensify it.

* * * * *

ATTACK, _v. & n._ (pages 63, 64).

QUESTIONS.

1. What special element is involved in the meaning of _attack_? 2. How do _assail_ and _assault_ differ? 3. What is it to _encounter_? how does this word compare with _attack_? How does _attack_ differ from _aggression_?

EXAMPLES.

We see time's furrows on another's brow,
And death intrench'd, preparing his ----;
How few themselves in that just mirror see!

Who ever knew Truth put to the worse in a free and open ----?

Roger Williams ---- the spirit of intolerance, the doctrine of
persecution, and never his persecutors.

* * * * *

ATTAIN (page 64).

QUESTIONS.

1. What kind of a word is _attain_, and to what does it point? 2. How does _attain_ differ from _obtain_? from _achieve_? 3. How does _obtain_ differ from _procure_?

EXAMPLES.

The heights by great men ---- and kept
Were not ---- by sudden flight,
But they, while their companions slept,
Were toiling upward in the night.

Our doubts are traitors,
And make us lose the good we oft might ----
By fearing to attempt.

* * * * *

ATTITUDE (page 65).

QUESTIONS.

1. How does _position_ as regards the human body differ from _attitude_, _posture_, or _pose_? 2. Do the three latter words apply to the living or the dead? 3. What is the distinctive sense of _attitude_? Is it conscious or unconscious? 4. How does _posture_ differ from _attitude_? 5. What is the distinctive sense of _pose_? How does it differ from, and how does it agree with _attitude_ and _posture_?

EXAMPLES.

The ---- assumed indicated great indignation because of the insult
implied.

The ---- was graceful and pleasing.

* * * * *

ATTRIBUTE, _v._ (page 65).

QUESTIONS.

1. What suggestion is often involved in _attribute_? 2. How does _attribute_ differ from _refer_ and _ascribe_? 3. Is _charge_ (in this connection) used in the favorable or unfavorable sense?

EXAMPLES.

---- ye greatness unto our God.

He ---- unworthy motives which proved a groundless charge.

* * * * *

ATTRIBUTE, _n._ (page 66).

QUESTIONS.

1. What is the derivation and the inherent meaning of _quality_? 2. What is an _attribute_? 3. Which of the above words expresses what necessarily belongs to the subject of which it is said to be an _attribute_ or _quality_? 4. What is the derivation and distinctive sense of _property_? 5. How does _property_ ordinarily differ from _quality_? 6. In what usage do _property_ and _quality_ become exact synonyms, and how are _properties_ then distinguished?

EXAMPLES.

His scepter shows the force of temporal power,
The ---- to awe and majesty,
Wherein doth sit the dread and fear of kings.

Nothing endures but personal ----s.

* * * * *

AVARICIOUS (page 68).

QUESTIONS.

1. How do _avaricious_ and _covetous_ differ from _miserly_, _niggardly_, _parsimonious_, and _penurious_? 2. Of what matters are _greedy_ and _stingy_ used? How do they differ from each other?

EXAMPLES.

I am not ---- for gold;
Nor care I who doth feed upon my cost;
It yearns me not if men my garments wear.

It is better to be content with such things as ye have than to
become ---- and ---- in accumulating.

* * * * *

AVENGE (page 69).

QUESTIONS.