Chapter XIII: Part I: How to Write a Composition (6)

AWE—dread, fear, reverence, prostration, admiration,
bewilderment. (Familiarity, indifference, heedlessness,
unconcern, contempt, mockery.)

AXIOM—maxim, aphorism, apophthegm, adage, motto, _dictum_,
theorem, truism, proverb, saw. (Absurdity, paradox.)

BABBLE—splash, gurgle, bubble, purl, ripple, prattle, clack,
gabble, clash, jabber, twaddle, prate, chatter, blab. (Silence,
hush.)

BAD—depraved, defiled, distorted, corrupt, evil, wicked, wrong,
sinful, morbid, foul, peccant, noxious, pernicious, diseased,
imperfect, tainted, touched. (Good, whole, sound, healthy,
beneficial, salutary, prime, perfect, entire, untouched,
unblemished, intact, choice, worthy.)

BAFFLE—thwart, checkmate, defeat, disconcert, confound, block,
outwit, traverse, contravene, frustrate, balk, foil. (Aid,
assist, succor, further, forward, expedite, sustain, second,
reinforce.)

BASE—crude, undeveloped, low, villainous, mean, deteriorated,
misbegotten, ill-contrived, ill-constituted. (Noble, exalted,
lofty, sublime, excellent, elect, choice, aristocratic,
exquisite, capital.)

BEAR—carry, hold, sustain, support, suffer, endure, beget,
generate, produce, breed, hatch. (Lean, depend, hang, yield,
sterile, unproductive.)

BEASTLY—bestial, animal, brutal, sensual, gross, carnal,
lewd. (Human, humane, virtuous, moral, ethical, intellectual,
thoughtful, spiritual.)

BEAT—strike, smite, thrash, thwack, thump, pummel, drub, leather,
baste, belabor, birch, scourge, defeat, surpass, rout, overthrow.
(Protect, defend, soothe.)

BEAUTIFUL—fair, complete, symmetrical, handsome. (Ugly,
repulsive, foul.)

BECOMING—suiting, accordant, fit, seemly. (Discrepant, improper,
in bad form.)

BEG—beseech, crave, entreat. (Offer, proffer.)

BEHAVIOR—carriage, deportment, conduct.

BENEFICENT—bountiful, generous, liberal. (Sordid, mercenary.)

BENEFIT—good, advantage, service. (Loss, detriment, injury.)

BENEVOLENCE—well-wishing, charity. (Malevolence, malice, hate.)

BLAME—censure, reproach. (Approve, honor.)

BLEMISH—flaw, stain, spot, imperfection, defect. (Ornament,
decoration, embellishment, adornment, finery, gilding.)

BLIND—dimsighted, ignorant, uninformed. (Sharp-sighted,
enlightened.)

BLOT—efface, cancel, expunge, erase. (Record.)

BOLD—brave, daring, fearless, intrepid, courageous. (Cowardly,
timid, shy, chicken-hearted.)

BORDER—margin, boundary, frontier, confine, fringe, hem,
selvedge, valance. (Inclosure, interior, inside.)

BOUND—circumscribe, limit, restrict, confine, enclose; _also_
leap, jump, hop, spring, vault, skip. (Enlarge, clear, deliver;
_also_ plunge, dip, sink.)

BRAVE—dare, defy. (Cave in, show the white feather.)

BREAK—bruise, crush, pound, squeeze, crack, snap, splinter.
(Bind, hold together, knit, rivet.)

BREEZE—blow, zephyr. (Stillness, hush, calm.)

BRIGHT—shining, lustrous, radiant. (Dull, dim.)

BRITTLE—frangible, fragile, frail. (Tough.)

BURIAL—interment, sepulture, obsequies. (Exhumation,
disinterment.)

BUSINESS—occupation, employment, pursuit, vocation, calling,
profession, craft, trade. (Leisure, vacation, play.)

BUSTLE—stir, fuss, ado, flurry. (Quiet, stillness.)

CALAMITY—misfortune, disaster, catastrophe. (Good luck,
prosperity.)

CALM—still, motionless, placid, serene, composed. (Stormy,
unsettled, restless, agitated, distracted.)

CAPABLE—competent, able, efficient. (Unqualified.)

CAPTIOUS—censorious, cantankerous. (Conciliatory, bland.)

CARE—solicitude, concern. (Negligence, carelessness,
_nonchalance_.)

CARESS—fondle, love, pet. (Spurn, disdain.)

CARNAGE—butchery, gore, massacre, slaughter.

CAUSE—origin, source, ground, reason, motive.

CENSURE—reprehend, chide. (Approve.)

CERTAIN—sure, infallible. (Doubtful, dubious.)

CESSATION—discontinuance, stoppage, rest, halt. (Perseverance,
persistence, continuance.)

CHANCE—accident, luck. (Intention, purpose.)

’CHANGE—exchange, _bourse_, mart, emporium.

CHANGEABLE—mutable, variable, fickle. (Steadfast, firm.)

CHARACTER—constitution, nature, disposition.

CHARM—fascination, enchantment, witchery, attraction. (Nuisance,
mortification, bore, plague.)

CHASTITY—purity, virtue. (Concupiscence.)

CHEAP—inexpensive, worthless. (Dear, costly.)

CHEERFUL—blithe, lightsome, brisk, sprightly. (Melancholy,
sombre, morose, gloomy, sad.)

CHIEF—sachem, head, ruler. (Vassal, henchman.)

CIRCUMSTANCE—situation, predicament.

CLASS—division, category, department, order, kind, sort, genus,
species, variety.

CLEVER—adroit, dexterous, expert, deft, ready, smart. (Awkward,
dull, shiftless, clumsy.)

CLOTHED—dressed, arrayed, apparelled. (Disrobed, stripped.)

COARSE—crude, unrefined. (Refined, cultivated.)

COAX—cajole, wheedle, fawn, lure, induce, entice. (Dissuade,
indispose, warn, admonish.)

COLD—frigid, chill, inclement. (Hot, glowing.)

COLOR—hue, tint, tinge, tincture, dye, shade, stain. (Pallor,
paleness, wanness, blankness, achromatism, discoloration.)

COMBINATION—coalescence, fusion, faction, coalition, league.
(Dissolution, rupture, schism.)

COMMAND—empire, rule. (Anarchy, license.)

COMMODITY—goods, effects, merchandise, stock.

COMMON—general, ordinary, mean, base. (Rare, exceptional, unique.)

COMPASSION—pity, commiseration, sympathy. (Cruelty, severity.)

COMPEL—force, coerce, oblige, necessitate, make, constrain. (Let
alone, tolerate.)

COMPENSATION—amends, atonement, requital. (Withholding.)

COMPENDIUM—abstract, epitome, digest. (Amplification, expansion.)

COMPLAIN—lament, murmur, regret, repine, deplore. (Rejoice,
exult, boast, brag, chuckle.)

COMPLY—consent, yield, acquiesce. (Refuse, deny, decline.)

COMPOUND, _a._—composite, complex, blended. (Simple, elementary.)

COMPREHEND—comprise, contain, embrace, include, enclose, grasp.
(Exclude, reject, mistake, eliminate, loss.)

CONCEAL—hide, secrete, cover, screen, shroud, veil, disguise.
(Publish, report, divulge.)

CONCEIVE—grasp, apprehend, devise, invent. (Ignorant of.)