English Synonyms and Antonyms

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.
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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 ----.
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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.
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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.
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APATHY (page 50).
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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.
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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 ----.
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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.
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APPETITE (page 54).
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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.
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APPORTION (page 54).
QUESTIONS.
1. What is the special significance of apportion by which it is distinguished from allot, assign, distribute, or