Practical Exercises in English Part 9

IDENt.i.tY, IDENTIFICATION.

83. The bodies were so disfigured that their ---- was difficult.

84. In no form of government is there absolute ---- of interest between the people and their rulers.

IMPORT, IMPORTANCE.

85. He heard the tolling of the bell and trembled at its ----.

86. The oath of the President contains three words, all of equal ----; namely, that he will "preserve, protect, and defend" the Const.i.tution.

87. He was engaged in business of the highest ----.

88. You misunderstood the ---- of my remarks.

INVENTION, DISCOVERY.

89. Newton's ---- of the law of gravitation.

90. The ---- of the telescope was made by Galileo.

91. The ---- of the properties of the magnetic needle is said to have been made by the Chinese; also, the ---- of gunpowder.

92. The ---- of the circulation of blood was made by Harvey.

93. The steam-engine is one of the greatest ----s of this age.

94. The ---- of the telephone is claimed by several persons.

LIMIT, LIMITATION.

95. All kinds of knowledge have their ----s.

96. t.i.tus Quintius was appointed to the command of the army without any ----s.

97. Athens insisted upon ---- of the right to vote.

98. The prisoners were free to roam within certain ----s, but their employments were subject to ----.

MAJORITY, PLURALITY.

99. If A has 21 votes, B 18, and C 10, A is elected by a ----, not a ----.

100. Smith had 37 of the 52 votes, a good ----.

101. Jones had 20 votes, Smith 14, and Brown 11; Jones therefore was elected by a safe ----.

NEGLIGENCE, NEGLECT.

102. "Without blame Or our ---- we lost her as we came."--_Comus._ 103. Through ---- to do what ought to be done we soon acquire habits of ----.

104. Rescue my poor remains from vile ----.

105. The gate has fallen from its hinges, the wooden steps are rotted, and the house shows similar signs of ----.

106. ---- is a grave fault.

NOVICE, NOVITIATE.

107. For most men a ---- of silence is profitable before they enter on the business of life.

108. I am young, a ---- in the trade.

109. It was in this abbey that I served my ----.

110. When I was a ---- in this place, there was here a pious monk.

ORGANISM, ORGANIZATION.

111. Germs of microscopic ----s exist abundantly on the surface of all fruits.

112. Lieutenant Peary has completed the ---- of his arctic expedition.

113. The Jacobin club was a political ----.

114. What a complex ---- the human body is!

PART, PORTION.

115. A ---- of my work is done.

116. The younger ---- of the community.

117. The priests had a ---- of land a.s.signed them by Pharaoh.

118. The whole is equal to the sum of all its ----s.

119. Each received his ---- of the estate.

120. The lower ----s of his body were cold.

121. "This," said he, "is a ---- of the true cross."

PLENTY, ABUNDANCE.

122. If you do not waste your money, you will have ---- for your expenses.

123. They did cast in of their ----; but she of her want.

124. The expedition has ---- of provisions, but none to spare.

125. Last year there was ---- of corn; it was estimated that we had enough to feed the whole nation for two years.

PRODUCE, PRODUCT, PRODUCTION.

126. The manufacturers brought their ----s to market.

127. The farmers bring their ---- to town or haul it to the nearest railway station.

128. The apple is especially an American ----.

129. Lowell's "Commemoration Ode" is a n.o.ble ----.

130. Great Britain exports chiefly manufactured ----.

131. The component elements of ---- are labor and capital.

PROMINENCE, PREDOMINANCE.

132. The Indian race is marked by a ---- of the cheek-bones.

133. The English settlers were _prominent (predominant)_ in the New World.

134. "Childe Harold" brought Byron into ---- as a poet.

135. As a man Byron had many _prominent (predominant)_ faults; it is not easy to say which one was _prominent (predominant)._

RECIPE, RECEIPT.

136. Please send me your ---- for making chocolate ice-cream.

137. Paracelsus furnished a ---- for making a fairy, but had the delicacy to refrain from using it.

138. He gave me a ---- for a liniment, which he said was excellent for sprains.

RELATIVE, RELATION.

139. He has no ---- in this part of the country.

140. I am the nearest ---- he has in the world.

REQUIREMENT, REQUISITION, REQUISITE.

141. One of the ----s in a great commander is coolness.

142. The ----s for admission to college vary.

143. One of the ----s in a United States minister to France is that he be wealthy, for the salary paid is insufficient to defray the expenses of the minister's social obligations.

144. That locomotive engineers be not color-blind is a just ----.

145. The wars of Napoleon were marked by the enormous ----s which were made on invaded countries.

RESORT, RESOURCE, RECOURSE.

146. The woods were her favorite--.

147. The United States has unlimited--s.

148. Asheville has long been a--of wealthy society people.

149. When women engage in any art or trade, it is usually as a last ----.

150. General Lee had--to stratagem.