English Synonyms and Antonyms

entertainment and recreation? 4. How do amusement and enjoyment compare?
EXAMPLES.
At Christmas play, and make good ----, For Christmas comes but once a year.
It is as ---- to fools to do mischief.
No true heart can find ---- in another's pain or grief.
The Puritans hated bear-baiting, not because it gave pain to the bear, but because it gave ---- to the spectators.
As Tammie glowered, amazed and curious, The mirth and ---- grew fast and furious.
And so, if I might be judge, God never did make a more calm, quiet, innocent ---- than angling.
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ENTHUSIASM (page 153).
QUESTIONS.
1. In what sense was enthusiasm formerly used? 2. What is now its prevalent and controlling meaning? 3.
How does zeal differ from enthusiasm?
EXAMPLES.
An ardent ---- leads to great results in exposing certain evils.
His ---- was contagious and they rushed into battle.
The precept had its use; it could make men feel it right to be humane, and desire to be so, but it could never
inspire them with an ---- of humanity.
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ENTRANCE (page 154).
QUESTIONS.
1. To what does entrance refer? 2. What do admittance and admission add to the meaning of entrance? 3. To
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what does admittance refer? To what additional matters does admission refer? Illustrate. 4. What is the
figurative use of entrance?
EXAMPLES.
---- was obtained by a side-door, and a good position secured to the crowded hall.
No ---- except on business.
He was never so engrossed with cares of state that the needy could not have ---- to him.
However carefully church-membership may be guarded, unworthy members will sometimes gain ----.
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ENVIOUS (page 155).
QUESTIONS.
1. What do we mean when we say that a person is envious? 2. What is the difference between envious and
jealous? 3. Is an envious spirit ever good? 4. Is jealous capable of being used in a good sense? 5. In what
sense is suspicious used?
EXAMPLES.
Neither be thou ---- against the workers of iniquity.
---- in honor, sudden and quick in quarrel.
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EQUIVOCAL (page 155).
QUESTIONS.
1. What is the derivation and the original signification of equivocal? of ambiguous? How do the two words
compare in present use? 2. What is the meaning of enigmatical? 3. How do doubtful and dubious compare? 4.
In what sense is questionable used? suspicious?
EXAMPLES.
These sentences, to sugar or to gall, Being strong on both sides, are ----.
An ---- statement may result from the thoughtless use of a single word that is capable of more than one
meaning.
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ESTEEM, n. (page 157).
QUESTIONS.
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1. What is the difference between esteem and estimate? 2. Is esteem now used of concrete valuation? 3. What
is its chief present use? 4. What is its meaning in popular use as said of persons?
EXAMPLES.
They please, are pleas'd; they give to get ----, Till seeming blest, they grow to what they seem.
The loss of conscience or honor is one that can not be ----.
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ETERNAL (page 157).
QUESTIONS.
1. What is the meaning of eternal in the fullest sense? 2. To what being, in that sense, may it be applied? 3. In
what does everlasting fall short of the meaning of eternal? 4. How does endless agree with and differ from