English Synonyms and Antonyms Part 131

English Synonyms and Antonyms Part 131

QUESTIONS.

1. In what sense are _bluff_, _frank_, and _open_ used? 2. In what sense are _blunt_, _brusk_, _rough_, and _rude_ employed?

EXAMPLES.

There are to whom my satire seems too ----.

Stout once a month they march, a ---- band And ever but in times of need, at hand.

BOUNDARY (page 84).

QUESTIONS.

1. What is the original sense of _boundary_? 2. How does it differ in usage from _bound_ or _bounds_? 3. In what style and sense is _bourn_ used? 4. What is the distinctive meaning of _edge_?

EXAMPLES.

So these lives ...

Parted by ----s strong, but drawing nearer and nearer, Rushed together at last, and one was lost in the other.

In worst extremes, and on the perilous ---- Of battle.

BRAVE (page 85).

QUESTIONS.

1. How does _brave_ differ from _courageous_? 2. What is the special sense of _adventurous_? of _bold_? of _chivalrous_? 3. How do these words differ from _venturesome_? 4. What is especially denoted by _fearless_ and _intrepid_? 5. What does _valiant_ tell of results? 6.

What ideas are combined in _heroic_?

EXAMPLES.

A ---- man is also full of faith.

Fir'd at first sight with what the Muse imparts, In ---- youth we tempt the heights of Arts.

Thy danger chiefly lies in acting well; No crime's so great as ---- to excel.

BUSINESS (page 88).

QUESTIONS.

1. What is the distinctive meaning of _barter_? 2. What does _business_ add to the meaning of _barter_? 3. What is _occupation_? Is it broader than _business_? 4. What is a _vocation_? 5. What (in the strict sense) is an _avocation_? 6. What is implied in _profession_? _pursuit_? 7.

What is a _transaction_? 8. How does _trade_ differ from _commerce_? 9.

What is _work_? 10. What is an _art_ in the industrial sense? a _craft_?

EXAMPLES.

A man must serve his time to every ----.

We turn to dust, and all our mightiest ----s die too.

CALCULATE (page 90).

QUESTIONS.

1. How do you distinguish between _count_ and _calculate_? _compute_, _reckon_ and _estimate_? 2. Which is used mostly with regard to future probabilities? 3. Do we use _compute_ or _estimate_ of numbers exactly known? 4. Of _compute_, _calculate_, and _estimate_, which is used with especial reference to the future?

EXAMPLES.

There were 4046 men in the district, by actual ----.

The time of the eclipse was ---- to a second.

We ask them to ---- approximately the cost of the building.

CALL (page 91).

QUESTIONS.

1. What is the distinctive meaning of _call_? 2. Do we ever apply _bellow_ and _roar_ to human sounds? 3. Can you give more than one sense of _cry_? 4. Are _shout_ and _scream_ more or less expressive than _call_? 5. Which of the words in this group are necessarily and which ordinarily applied to articulate utterance? Which rarely, if ever, so used?

EXAMPLES.

---- for the robin redbreast and the wren.

The pioneers could hear the savages ---- outside.