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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."
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ALLURE (page 37).
QUESTIONS.
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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.
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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.
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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 ----."
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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.
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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?
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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.
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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 ----.
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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