uiet_? _placid_? _serene_? _still_? _tranquil_? 2. Do the
antonyms _boisterous_, _excited_, _ruffled_, _turbulent_, and _wild_,
also apply to the same? 3. Can you contrast _calm_ and _quiet_? 4. How
many of the preceding adjectives can be applied to water? 5. How does
_composed_ differ from _calm_?

EXAMPLES.

The possession of a ---- conscience is an estimable blessing.

The water is said to be always ---- in the ocean depths.

---- on the listening ear of night
Fall heaven's melodious strains.

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CANCEL (page 92).

QUESTIONS.

1. What is the difference in method involved in the verbs _cancel_,
_efface_, _erase_, _expunge_, and _obliterate_? 2. Which suggest the
most complete removal of all trace of a writing? 3. How do the
figurative uses of these words compare with the literal? 4. Is it
possible to _obliterate_ or _efface_ that which has been previously
_canceled_ or _erased_?

EXAMPLES.

It is practically impossible to clean a postage-stamp that has been
properly ---- so that it can be used again.

With the aid of a sharp penknife the blot was quickly ----.

By lapse of time and elemental action, the inscription had become
completely ----.

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CANDID (page 93).

QUESTIONS.

1. To what class of things do we apply _aboveboard_? _candid_? _fair_?
_frank_? _honest_? _sincere_? _transparent_? 2. Can you state the
similarity between _artless_, _guileless_, _naive_, _simple_, and
_unsophisticated_? How do they differ as a class from the words above
referred to? 3. How does it happen that "To be frank," or "To be candid"
often precedes the utterance of something disagreeable?

EXAMPLES.

The sophistry was so ---- as to disgust the assembly.

A. T. Stewart relied on ---- dealing as the secret of mercantile
success.

An ---- man will not steal or defraud.

---- she seems with artful care
Affecting to be unaffected.

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CARE (page 94).

QUESTIONS.

1. What is the special difference between _care_ and _anxiety_? 2.
Wherein does _care_ differ from _caution_? _solicitude_ from _anxiety_?
_watchfulness_ from _wariness_? 3. Can you give some of the senses of
_care_? 4. Is _concern_ as strong a term as _anxiety_? 5. What is
_circumspection_? _precaution_? _heed_?

EXAMPLES.

Take her up tenderly, lift