English Synonyms and Antonyms

comminuted? 4. What terms are applied to an account extended to minute particulars? to an examination
similarly extended?
EXAMPLES.
No ---- room so warm and bright, Wherein to read, wherein to write.
Life hangs on, held by a ---- thread.
An organism so ---- as to be visible only under the microscope, yet possessed of life, motion, and seeming
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intelligence is a source of ceaseless wonder.
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MISFORTUNE (page 242).
QUESTIONS.
1. What is misfortune? Is the sufferer considered blameworthy for it? 2. What is calamity? disaster? 3. In what
special sense are the words affliction, chastening, trial, and tribulation used? How are these four words
discriminated the one from another?
EXAMPLES.
He's not valiant that dares die, But he that boldly bears ----.
I never knew a man in life who could not bear another's ---- perfectly like a Christian.
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MODEL (page 243).
QUESTIONS.
1. What is a model? a pattern? How are they distinguished from one another? 2. Which admits of freedom or
idealization?
EXAMPLES.
Things done without ----, in their issue Are to be fear'd.
Be a ---- to others, and then all will go well.
Washington and his compeers had no ---- of a federal republic with constitutional bonds and limitations.
Moses was admonished, See that thou make all things according to the ---- shewed to thee in the mount.
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MODESTY (page 244).
QUESTIONS.
1. What is modesty in the general sense? In what specific sense is the word also used? 2. What is bashfulness?
diffidence? coyness? reserve?
EXAMPLES.
For silence and chaste ---- is woman's genuine praise, and to remain quiet within the house.
If a young lady has that discretion and ----, without which all knowledge is little worth, she will never make
an ostentatious parade of it.
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His shrinking ---- was often mistaken for a proud ----.
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MONEY (page 244).
QUESTIONS.
1. What is money? specie? cash? 2. How does property differ from money? 3. What is bullion? capital?
EXAMPLES.
I am not covetous for ----; Nor care I who doth feed upon my cost.
For the love of ---- is the root of all evil.
He converted all his ---- into ready ----.
One who undertakes to do business without ---- is likely to be speedily straitened for ----.
---- in reversion may be of far less value than ---- in hand.
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MOROSE (page 245).
QUESTIONS.
1. By what characteristics are the morose distinguished? the sullen and sulky? 2. How does sullen differ from
sulky? 3. What is the meaning of surly? 4. Which of these words denote transient moods and which denote
enduring states or disposition?
EXAMPLES.
My master is of ---- disposition, And little recks to find the way to heaven By doing deeds of hospitality.
A poet who fails in writing, becomes often a ---- critic.
He answered with a ---- growl.
Achilles remained in his tent in ---- inaction.
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MOTION (page 246).
QUESTIONS.
1. What is motion? 2. How does motion differ from movement? Give examples. 3. In what sense is move
employed? 4. What is the special sense of motion in a deliberative assembly? 5. Is action or motion the more
comprehensive word? Which is commonly used in reference to the mind?
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EXAMPLES.
That ---- is best which procures the greatest happiness for the greatest numbers.
There is no death! What seems so is ----; This life of mortal breath Is but a suburb of the life elysian, Whose
portal we call Death.
The Copernican theory first clearly explained the ---- of the planets.
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MUTUAL (page 246).
QUESTIONS.
1. What is the meaning of common? mutual? reciprocal? 2. Is it correct to speak of a mutual friend?
EXAMPLES.
---- friendships will admit of division, one may love the beauty of this, the good humor of that person.
In all true family life there is a ---- dependence which binds hearts together.
---- action is the rule in the human body, where every part is alternately means and end, and every action both
cause and effect.
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NAME (page 247).
QUESTIONS.
1. What is a name in the most general sense? 2. In the more limited sense, how does a name differ from an