English Synonyms and Antonyms

boon? 8. What is a grant, and by whom made?
EXAMPLES.
He gave us only over beast, fish, fowl, Dominion absolute; that right we hold By his ----.
True love's the ---- which God has given To man alone beneath the heaven.
"----, ----, noble knights," cried the heralds.
The courts of justice had fallen so low that it was practically impossible to win a cause without a ----.
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GIVE (page 185).
QUESTIONS.
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1. What is the primary meaning of give? the secondary meaning? 2. Can we give what is undesired? 3. Can we
give what we are paid for? 4. How is give always understood when there is no limitation in the context? 5. Is it
correct to say "He gave it to me for nothing"? 6. What is to grant? 7. What is implied when we speak of
granting a favor? 8. What is to confer? 9. What is especially implied in impart? in bestow?
EXAMPLES.
My God shall ---- all your need according to his riches in glory by Christ Jesus.
---- to every man that asketh of thee, and from him that would borrow of thee, turn not thou away.
The court promptly ---- the injunction.
The king ---- upon him the honor of knighthood.
One of the pleasantest things in life is to ---- instruction to those who really desire to learn.
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GOVERN (page 185).
QUESTIONS.
1. What does the word govern imply? How does it differ from control? 2. How do command and control
differ? 3. How do rule and govern differ? 4. What is the special significance of sway? of mold? 5. What is it to
manage? 6. What is the present meaning of reign? How does it compare with rule?
EXAMPLES.
He that ---- his spirit is greater than he that taketh a city.
For some must follow, and some ---- Tho all are made of clay.
Daniel Webster well described the character of "Old Hickory" in the sentence, "I do not say that General
Jackson did not mean to ---- his country well, but I do say that General Jackson meant to ---- his country."
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GRACEFUL (page 186).
QUESTIONS.
1. What does graceful denote? How is it especially distinguished from beautiful?
EXAMPLES.
How ---- upon the mountains are the feet of him that bringeth good tidings that publisheth peace.
A ---- myrtle rear'd its head.
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GRIEF (page 187).
QUESTIONS.
1. What is grief? 2. How does grief compare with sorrow? with sadness? with melancholy? 3. What two chief
senses has affliction? 4. What is implied in mourning, in its most common acceptation?
EXAMPLES.
We glory in ---- also.
For our light ---- which is but for a moment, worketh for us a far more exceeding and eternal weight of glory.
What private ---- they have, alas! I know not, that made them do it.
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HABIT (page 187).
QUESTIONS.
1. What is custom? routine? Which is the more mechanical? 2. What element does habit add to custom and
routine? 3. Should we preferably use custom or habit of a society? of an individual? 4. What is fashion? rule?
system? 5. What are use and usage, and how do they differ from each other? 6. What is practise? 7. What is
the distinctive meaning of wont?
EXAMPLES.
Every ---- is preserved and increased by correspondent actions, as the ---- of walking by walking, of running
by running.
Montaigne is wrong in declaring that ---- ought to be followed simply because it is ----, and not because it is
reasonable or just.
Lord Brougham says "The longer I live the more careful I am to entrust everything that I really care to do to
the beneficent power of ----."
---- makes perfect.
Without ---- little that is valuable is ever learned or done.
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HAPPEN (page 188).
QUESTIONS.
1. What does happen signify? 2. How does it differ from chance? 3. What is the distinctive meaning of