PART II
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QUESTIONS AND EXAMPLES.
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ABANDON (page 1).
QUESTIONS.
1. To what objects or classes of objects does _abandon_ apply? _abdicate_? _cede_? _quit_? _resign_? _surrender_? 2. Is _abandon_ used in the favorable or unfavorable sense? _desert_ favorable or unfavorable? _forsake_? 3. What does _abandon_ commonly denote of previous relationship? _forsake_?
EXAMPLES.
The soldiers ---- his standard in such numbers that the commander found it necessary to ---- the enterprise.
France was compelled to ---- Alsace and Lorraine to Germany.
In the height of his power Charles V. ---- the throne.
Finding resistance vain, the defenders agreed to ---- the fortress.
To the surprise of his friends, Senator Conkling suddenly ---- his office.
At the stroke of the bell, the men instantly ---- work.
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ABASE (page 2).
QUESTIONS.
1. How does _abase_ differ from _debase_? _humble_ from _humiliate_? _degrade_ from _disgrace_?
EXAMPLES.
To provide funds, the king resolved to ---- the coinage.
He came from the scene of his disgrace, haughty and defiant, ---- but not ----.
The officer who had ---- himself by cowardice was ---- to the ranks.
Only the base in spirit will ---- themselves before wealth, rank, and power.
The messenger was so ---- that no heed was paid to his message.
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ABASH (page 3).
QUESTIONS.
1. What has the effect to make one _abashed_? 2. How does _confuse_ differ from _abash_? 3. What do we mean when we say that a person is _mortified_? 4. Give an instance of the use of _mortified_ where _abashed_ could not be substituted. Why could not the words be interchanged? 5. Can one be _daunted_ who is not _abashed_? 6. Is _embarrass_ or _mortify_ the stronger word? Give instances.
EXAMPLES.
The peasant stood ---- in the royal presence.
The numerous questions ---- the witness.
The speaker was ---- for a moment, but quickly recovered himself.
At the revelation of such depravity, I was utterly ----.
When sensible of his error, the visitor was deeply ----.
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ABBREVIATION (page 4).
QUESTIONS.
1. Is an _abbreviation_ always a _contraction_? 2. Is a _contraction_ always an _abbreviation_? Give instances. 3. Can we have an _abbreviation_ of a book, paragraph, or sentence? What can be _abbreviated_? and what _abridged_?
EXAMPLES.
The treatise was already so brief that it did not admit of ----.
The ---- Dr. is used both for Doctor and Debtor.
F. R. S. is an ---- of the title "Fellow of the Royal Society."
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ABET (page 4).
QUESTIONS.
1. _Abet_, _incite_, _instigate_: which of these words are used in a good and which in a bad sense? 2. How does _abet_ differ from _incite_ and _instigate_ as to the time of the action? 3. Which of the three words apply to persons and which to actions? Give instances of the use of _abet_; _instigate_; _incite_.
EXAMPLES.
To further his own schemes, he ---- the viceroy to rebel against the king.
To ---- a crime may be worse than to originate it, as arguing less excitement and more calculation and cowardice.
The prosecution was evidently malicious, ---- by envy and revenge.
And you that do ---- him in this kind Cherish rebellion, and are rebels all.
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ABHOR (page 5).
QUESTIONS.
1. Which is the stronger word, _abhor_ or _despise_? 2. What does _abhor_ denote? 3. How does Archbishop Trench illustrate the difference between _abhor_ and _shun_? 4. What does _detest_ express? 5. What does _loathe_ imply? Is it physical or moral in its application? 6. Give illustrations of the appropriate uses of the above words.
EXAMPLES.
He had sunk to such degradation as to be utterly ---- by all good men.
Such weakness can only be ----.
Talebearers and backbiters are everywhere ----.
---- that which is evil; cleave to that which is good.
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ABIDE (page 5).
QUESTIONS.
1. What limit of time is expressed by _abide_? by _lodge_? by _live_, _dwell_, _reside_? 2. What is the meaning of _sojourn_? 3. Should we say one is _stopping_ or _staying_ at a hotel? and why? 4. Give examples of the extended, and of the limited use of _abide_.
EXAMPLES.
One generation passeth away and another generation cometh, but the earth ---- forever.
And there were in the same country shepherds ---- in the field, keeping watch over their flock by night.
So great was the crowd of visitors that many were compelled to ---- in the neighboring villages.
He is ---- at the Albemarle.
He has ---- for forty years in the same house.
By faith he ---- in the land of promise, as in a strange country.
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ABOLISH (page 6).
QUESTIONS.
1. Is _abolish_ used of persons or material objects? 2. Of what is it used? Give examples. 3. What does _annihilate_ signify? Is it stronger or weaker than _abolish_? 4. What terms do we use for doing away with _laws_, and how do those terms differ among themselves? 5. What are the differences between _overthrow_, _suppress_, and _subvert_? especially between the last two of those words? 6. How does _prohibit_ differ from _abolish_? 7. What word do we especially use of putting an end to a nuisance? 8. What other words of this class are especially referred to? 9. Give some antonyms of _abolish_.
EXAMPLES.
The one great endeavor of Buddhism is to ---- sorrow.
Modern science seems to show conclusively that matter is never ----.
The law, which had long been ---- by the revolutionists, was at last ---- by the legislature.
The ancient statute was found to have been ---- by later enactments, though never formally ----.
The Supreme Court ---- the adverse decision of the inferior tribunal.
Even in a republic, sedition should be promptly ----, or it may result in the ---- of free institutions.
From the original settlement of Vineland, New Jersey, the sale of intoxicating liquor has been ----.
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ABOMINATION (page 7).
QUESTIONS.
1. To what was _abomination_ originally applied? 2. Does it refer to a state of mind or to some act or other object of thought? 3. How does _abomination_ differ from _aversion_ or _disgust_? 4. How does an _abomination_ differ from an _offense_? from crime in general?
EXAMPLES.
After the ship began to pitch and roll, we could not look upon food without ----.
It is time that such a ---- should be abated.
Capital punishment was formerly inflicted in England for trivial ----.
In spite of their high attainments in learning and art, the foulest ---- were prevalent among the Greeks and Romans of classic antiquity.
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ABRIDGMENT (page 7).
QUESTIONS.
1. How does an _abridgment_ differ from an _outline_ or a _synopsis_? from an _abstract_ or _digest_? 2. How does an _abstract_ or _digest_ differ from an _outline_ or a _synopsis_? 3. Does an _analysis_ of a treatise deal with what is expressed, or with what is implied? 4. What words may we use to express a condensed view of a subject, whether derived from a previous publication or not?
EXAMPLES.
The New Testament may be regarded as an ---- of religion.
There are several excellent ---- of English literature.
An ---- of the decision of the court was published in all the leading papers.
The publishers determined to issue an ---- of their dictionary.
Such ---- as U. S. for United States should be rarely used, unless in hasty writing or technical works.
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ABSOLUTE (page 8).
QUESTIONS.
1. What does _absolute_ in the strict sense denote? _supreme_? 2. To what are these words in such sense properly applied? 3. How are they used in a modified sense? 4. Is _arbitrary_ ever used in a good sense? What is the chief use? Give examples. 5. How does _autocratic_ differ from _arbitrary_? both these words from _despotic_? _despotic_ from _tyrannical_? 6. Is _irresponsible_ good or bad in its implication? _arbitrary_? _imperative_? _imperious_? _peremptory_? _positive_? _authoritative_?
EXAMPLES.
God alone is ---- and ----.
The Czar of Russia is an ---- ruler.
---- power tends always to be ---- in its exercise.
On all questions of law in the United States the decision of the ---- Court is ---- and final.
Learning of the attack on our seamen, the government sent an ---- demand for apology and indemnity.
Man's ---- will and ---- intellect have given him dominion over all other creatures on the earth, so that they are either subjugated or exterminated.
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ABSOLVE (page 9).
QUESTIONS.
1. What is the original sense of _absolve_? 2. To what does it apply? 3. What is its special sense when used with reference to sins? 4. How does it differ from _acquit_? _forgive_? _justify_? _pardon_? 5. What are the chief antonyms of _absolve_?
EXAMPLES.
No power under heaven can ---- a man from his personal responsibility.
When the facts were known, he was ---- of all blame.
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ABSORB (page 9).
QUESTIONS.
1. When is a fluid said to be _absorbed_? 2. Is the substance of the _absorbing_ body changed by that which it _absorbs_? Give instances. 3. How does _consume_ differ from _absorb_? 4. Give instances of the distinctive uses of _engross_, _swallow_, _imbibe_, and _absorb_ in the figurative sense. 5. What is the difference between _absorb_ and _emit_? _absorb_ and _radiate_?
EXAMPLES.
Tho the fuel was rapidly ---- within the furnace, very little heat was ---- from the outer surface.
In setting steel rails special provision must be made for their expansion under the influence of the heat that they ----.
Jip stood on the table and barked at Traddles so persistently that he may be said to have ---- the conversation.
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ABSTINENCE (page 10).
QUESTIONS.
1. How does _abstinence_ differ from _abstemiousness_? from _self-denial_? 2. What is _temperance_ regarding things lawful and worthy? regarding things vicious and injurious? 3. What is the more exact term for the proper course regarding evil indulgences?
EXAMPLES.
He was so moderate in his desires that his ---- seemed to cost him no ----.
Among the Anglo-Saxons the idea of universal and total ---- from all intoxicants is little more than a century old.
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ABSTRACT, _v._; ABSTRACTED (page 10, 11).
QUESTIONS.
1. What is the difference between _abstract_ and _separate_? between _discriminate_ and _distinguish_?[C] 2. How does _abstract_, when said of the mind, differ from _divert_? from _distract_? 3. How do _abstracted_, _absorbed_, and _preoccupied_ differ from _absent-minded_? 4. Can one who is _preoccupied_ be said to be _listless_ or _thoughtless_? one who is _absent-minded_?
EXAMPLES.
He was so ---- with these perplexities as to be completely ---- of his surroundings.
The busy student may be excused if ----; in the merely ---- or ---- it is intolerable.
The power to ---- one idea from all its associations and view it alone is the ---- mark of a philosophical mind.
Numerous interruptions in the midst of ---- occupations had made him almost ----.
[C] NOTE. See these words under DISCERN as referred to at the end of the paragraph on ABSTRACT in Part I . The pupil should be instructed, in all cases, to look up and read over the synonyms referred to by the words in small capitals at the end of the paragraph in