English Synonyms and Antonyms Part 190

But ----, in the technical and limited sense of the term, is appropriated to the knowledge of material objects, and of the external world. This knowledge is gained or acquired by means of the ----s, and hence, to be more exact, we call it sensible ----, or, more briefly, sense ----.

----s sweet, Felt in the blood, and felt along the heart.

SENSIBILITY (page 328).

QUESTIONS.

1. What is _sensibility_ in the philosophical sense? in popular use? 2.

What does _sensitiveness_ denote? 3. What is _susceptibility_? How does it compare with _sensitiveness_? 4. How are _susceptibility_ and _sensitiveness_ discriminated in physics?

EXAMPLES.

The ---- of the external surface of the body is a special endowment adapted to the elements around and calculated to protect the interior parts from injury.

---- to pleasure is of necessity also ---- to pain.

Every mind is in a peculiar state of ---- to certain impressions.

SEVERE (page 329).

QUESTIONS.

1. What is _severe_? _rigid_? _strict_? 2. How does _rigorous_ compare with _rigid_? 3. What does _austere_ signify? What element is always found in an _austere_ character?

EXAMPLES.

In mathematics we arrive at cert.i.tude by ---- demonstration.

He who the sword of heaven will bear Should be as holy as ----.

---- law is often ---- injustice.

By ---- adherence to truth in official dealing with the natives, the English have come to be always believed in India.

SHELTER, _v._ (page 331).

QUESTIONS.

1. When is anything said to be _covered_? 2. How does _shelter_ compare with _cover_? 3. What does _defend_ signify? 4. What does _guard_ imply?

5. How does _protect_ surpa.s.s _guard_ and _defend_? 6. What does _s.h.i.+eld_ signify? How does it compare with _guard_ or _defend_? 7. In what sense is the verb _harbor_ commonly used?

EXAMPLES.

He that ----eth his sins shall not prosper, but he that forsaketh them shall find mercy.

Thou who trod'st the billowy sea, ---- us in our jeopardy!

In youth it ----ed me, And I'll protect it now.

SIN (page 332).

QUESTIONS.

1. What is _sin_? 2. How is _transgression_ discriminated from _sin_ in the general sense? 3. What is _crime_? _guilt_? _depravity_?

EXAMPLES.

Commit The oldest ----s the newest kind of ways.

---- is not punished as an offense against G.o.d, but as prejudicial to society.

How ---- once harbored in the conscious breast, Intimidates the brave, degrades the great.

SKETCH (page 334).

QUESTIONS.

1. What is a _sketch_? How does it compare with _outline_? 2. In what special connection are _draft_ and _plan_ used? 3. How does a mechanical _drawing_ differ from a _draft_? 4. What is a _design_? How does it exceed the meaning of _drawing_? 5. What is an _outline_ in written composition? How does a _sketch_ in this sense compare with an _outline_? 6. What is an _outline_ of a sermon technically called? 7.

What is a lawyer's _brief_? How does it compare with an _outline_ or _sketch_?

EXAMPLES.

A ---- that is without vigor, and in which the anatomy has not been defined, is a bad foundation for a good picture.

A little model the master wrought, Which should be to the larger ---- What the child is to the man.

SKILFUL (page 335).