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action? skirmish? fight?
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BEAUTIFUL (page 76).
QUESTIONS.
1. What is necessary to constitute an object or a person beautiful? 2. Can beautiful be said of that which is
harsh and ragged, however grand? 3. How is beautiful related to our powers of appreciation? 4. How does
pretty compare with beautiful? handsome? 5. What does fair denote? comely? picturesque?
EXAMPLES.
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I pray thee, O God, that I may be ---- within.
A happy youth, and their old age is ---- and free.
'Twas sung, how they were ---- in their lives And in their death had not divided been.
How ---- has the day been, how bright was the sun. How lovely and joyful the course that he run. Though he
rose in a mist when his race he began And there followed some droppings of rain!
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BECOMING (page 77).
QUESTIONS.
1. What is the meaning of becoming? of decent? of suitable? 2. Can that which is worthy or beautiful in itself
ever be otherwise than becoming or suitable? Give instances. 3. What is the meaning of fit? How does it differ
from fitting or befitting?
EXAMPLES.
A merrier man, Within the limit of ---- mirth, I never spent an hour's talk withal.
Still govern thou my song, Urania, and ---- audience find, tho few.
Indeed, left nothing ---- for your purpose Untouch'd, slightly handled, in discourse.
In such a time as this, it is not ---- That every nice offense should bear his comment.
How could money be better spent than in erecting a ---- building for the greatest library in the country?
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BEGINNING (page 78).
QUESTIONS.
1. From what language is beginning derived? commencement? How do the two words differ in application and
use? Give instances. 2. What is an origin? a source? a rise? 3. How are fount, fountain, and spring used in the
figurative sense?
EXAMPLES.
For learning is the ---- pure, Out from which all glory springs.
Truth is the ---- of every good to gods and men.
Courage, the mighty attribute of powers above, By which those great in war are great in love; The ---- of all
brave acts is seated here.
It can not be that Desdemona should long continue her love to the Moor, nor he his to her: it was a violent ----,
and thou shalt see an answerable sequestration.
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In the ---- God created the heaven and the earth.
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BEHAVIOR (page 79).
QUESTIONS.
1. How do behavior and conduct differ? 2. What is the special sense of carriage? of bearing? demeanor? 3.
What is manner? manners?
EXAMPLES.
Our thoughts and our ---- are our own.
Good ---- are made up of petty sacrifices.
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BENEVOLENCE (page 80).
QUESTIONS.
1. What is the original distinction between benevolence and beneficence? 2. In what sense is benevolence now
most commonly used? 3. What words are commonly used for benevolence in the original sense? 4. What was
the original sense of charity? the present popular sense? 5. What of humanity? generosity? liberality?
philanthropy?
EXAMPLES.
---- is a virtue of the heart, and not of the hands.
The secrets of life are not shown except to ---- and likeness.
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BIND (page 81).
QUESTIONS.
1. What is the distinctive sense of bind? 2. What is the special meaning of tie? 3. In how general a sense is
fasten used? 4. Which of the above three words is used in a figurative sense?
EXAMPLES.
Shut, shut the door, good John! fatigu'd, I said; ---- up the knocker, say I'm sick, I'm dead.
Adjust our lives to loss, make friends with pain, ---- all our shattered hopes and bid them bloom again.
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BITTER (page 81).
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QUESTIONS.
1. How may acid, bitter, and acrid be distinguished? pungent? caustic? 2. In metaphorical use, how are harsh
and bitter distinguished? 3. What is the special significance of caustic? 4. Give examples of these words in
their various uses.
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BLEACH (page 82).
QUESTIONS.
1. How do bleach and blanch differ from whiten? from each other?
EXAMPLES.
You can behold such sights, And keep the natural ruby of your cheeks, When mine is ---- with fear.
We let the years go: wash them clean with tears, Leave them to ---- out in the open day.
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BLEMISH (page 82).
QUESTIONS.
1. What is a blemish? 2. How does it differ from a flaw or taint? 3. What is a defect? a fault? 4. Which words
of this group are naturally applied to reputation, and which to character?
EXAMPLES.
Every page enclosing in the midst A square of text that looks a little ----.
The noble Brutus Hath told you Cæsar was ambitious: If it were so, it was a grievous ----.
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BLUFF (page 83).
QUESTIONS.
1. In what sense are bluff, frank, and open used? 2. In what sense are blunt, brusk, rough, and rude employed?
EXAMPLES.
There are to whom my satire seems too ----.
Stout once a month they march, a ---- band And ever but in times of need, at hand.
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BOUNDARY (page 84).
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QUESTIONS.
1. What is the original sense of boundary? 2. How does it differ in usage from bound or bounds? 3. In what
style and sense is bourn used? 4. What is the distinctive meaning of edge?
EXAMPLES.
So these lives ... Parted by ----s strong, but drawing nearer and nearer, Rushed together at last, and one was
lost in the other.
In worst extremes, and on the perilous ---- Of battle.
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BRAVE (page 85).
QUESTIONS.
1. How does brave differ from courageous? 2. What is the special sense of adventurous? of bold? of
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