We often fail to recognize the actor who ---- his costume between the acts.
CHARACTER (page 102).
QUESTIONS.
1. How do you distinguish between _character_ and _reputation_?
_const.i.tution_ and _disposition_? 2. Is _nature_ a broader word than any of the preceding? 3. If so, why?
EXAMPLES.
The philanthropist"s ---- for charity is often a great source of annoyance to him.
Let dogs delight to bark and bite, for "tis their ---- to.
Misfortune may cause the loss of friends and reputation, yet if the man has not yielded to wrong, his ---- is superior to loss or change.
CHOOSE (page 104).
QUESTIONS.
1. What are the shades of difference between _choose_, _cull_, _elect_, _pick_, _prefer_, and _select_? 2. Also between the antonyms _cast away_, _decline_, _dismiss_, _refuse_, _repudiate_? 3. Does _select_ imply more care or judgment than _choose_?
EXAMPLES.
The prettiest flowers had all been ----.
Jacob was ---- to Esau, tho he was the younger.
When a man deliberately ---- to do wrong, there is little hope for him.
CIRc.u.mSTANCE (page 105).
QUESTIONS.
1. To what cla.s.ses of things do we apply _accompaniment_? _concomitant_?
_circ.u.mstance_? _event_? _fact_? _incident_? _occurrence_? _situation_?
2. Can you give some instances of the use of _circ.u.mstance_? 3. Is it a word of broader meaning than _incident_?
EXAMPLES.
The ---- that there had been a fire was proved by the smoke-blackened walls.
Extreme provocation may be a mitigating ---- in a case of homicide.
CLa.s.s (page 106).
QUESTIONS.
1. How does a _cla.s.s_ differ from a _caste_? 2. In what connection is _rank_ used? _order_? 3. What is a _coterie_? How does it differ from a _clique_?
EXAMPLES.
An ---- was formed for the relief of the poor and needy of the city.
A select ---- met at the residence of one of the leading men of the city.
There is a struggle of the ma.s.ses against the ----.
CLEAR (page 107).
QUESTIONS.
1. What does _clear_ originally signify? 2. How does _clear_ differ from _transparent_ as regards a substance that may be a medium of vision? 3.
With what meaning is _clear_ used of an object apprehended by the senses, as an object of sight or hearing? 4. What does _distinct_ signify? 5. What is _plain_? 6. What special sense does this word always retain? How does _transparent_ differ from _translucent_? 7. What do _lucid_ and _pellucid_ signify? 8. What is the special force of _limpid_?
CLEVER (page 109).
QUESTIONS.
1. What is the meaning of _clever_ as used in England? 2. What was the early New England usage? 3. What is to be said of the use of _smart_ and _sharp_? 4. What other words of this group are preferable to _clever_ in many of its uses?
EXAMPLES.
His brief experience in the department had made him very ---- in the work now a.s.signed him.
She was especially ---- in song.