English Synonyms and Antonyms

everlasting? 5. In what inferior senses are everlasting and interminable used? 6. Is eternal, in good speech or
writing, ever brought down to such inferior use?
EXAMPLES.
Truth crushed to earth shall rise again, The ---- years of God are hers.
Whatever may befall thee, it was preordained for thee from ----.
It were better to be eaten to death with a rust than to be scoured to nothing with ---- motion.
Here comes the lady! Oh, so light a foot Will ne'er wear out the ---- flint.
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EVENT (page 158).
QUESTIONS.
1. How do event and incident differ etymologically? 2. Which is the greater and more important? Give
examples. 3. How does circumstance compare with incident? 4. What is the primary meaning of occurrence?
5. What is an episode? 6. How does event differ from end? 7. What meaning does event often have when
applied to the future?
EXAMPLES.
Fate shall yield To fickle ----, and Chaos judge the strife.
Men are the sport of ---- when The ---- seem the sport of men.
Coming ---- cast their shadows before.
Where an equal poise of hope and fear Does arbitrate the ----, my nature is That I incline to hope rather than
fear, And gladly banish squint suspicion.
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EVERY (page 158).
QUESTIONS.
1. In what are all and both alike? any, each, and every? 2. How does any differ from each and every? 3. How
do each and every differ from all? 4. How does each compare with every? with both? 5. What does either
properly denote? In what other sense is it often used? What is the objection to the latter use?
EXAMPLES.
---- person in the room arose to his feet.
A free pardon was offered to ---- who should instantly lay down their arms.
As the garrison marched out, the victorious troops stood in arms on ---- side of the way.
In order to keep his secret inviolate, he revealed it privately to ---- of his most intimate friends.
---- person giving such information shall be duly rewarded.
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EVIDENT (page 159).
QUESTIONS.
1. How do apparent and evident compare? 2. What is the special sense of manifest? How does it compare in
strength with evident? 3. What is the sense of obvious? 4. How wide is the range of visible? 5. How does
discernible compare with visible? What does it imply as to the observer's action? 6. What is the sense of
palpable and tangible? conspicuous?
EXAMPLES.
A paradox is a real truth in the guise of an ---- absurdity or contradiction.
The prime minister was ---- by his absence.
The statement is a ---- absurdity.
On a comparison of the two works the plagiarism was ----.
Yet from those flames No light; but only darkness ----.
These lies are like the father that begets them; gross as a mountain, open, ----.
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EXAMPLE (page 160).
QUESTIONS.
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1. What is the etymological meaning of example? 2. What two contradictory meanings does example derive
from this primary sense? 3. How does example differ from sample? 4. How does it compare with model? with
pattern? 5. How does exemplar agree with, and differ from example? 6. What is an exemplification? an
ensample?
EXAMPLES.
I bid him look into the lives of men as tho himself a mirror, and from others to take an ---- for himself.
We sleep, but the loom of life never stops and the ---- which was weaving when the sun went down is
weaving when it comes up to-morrow.
History is an ---- of philosophy.
The commander was resolved to make an ---- to deter others from the like offense.
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EXCESS (page 160).
QUESTIONS.
1. What is excess? Is it used in the favorable or unfavorable sense? 2. What is extravagance? 3. What is