English Synonyms and Antonyms

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.
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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.
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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?