English Synonyms and Antonyms Part 131
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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.
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