her with ----.

A military commander should have as much ---- as bravery.

The invaders fancied themselves so secure against attack that they
had not taken the ---- to station sentinels.

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CARICATURE (page 95).

QUESTIONS.

1. What is the distinctive meaning of _caricature_? 2. What is the
special difference between _parody_ and _travesty_? between both and
_burlesque_? 3. To what is _caricature_ mostly confined? 4. How do
_mimicry_ and _imitation_ differ? 5. Is an _extravaganza_ an
_exaggeration_?

EXAMPLES.

The eagle nose of the general was magnified in every artist's ----.

His laughable reproduction of the great actor's vagaries was a
clever bit of ----.

If it be not lying to say that a fox's tail is four feet long, it is
certainly a huge ----.

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CARRY (page 96).

QUESTIONS.

1. To what sort of objects do we apply _bear_? _carry_? _move_? _take_?
2. What kinds of force or power do we indicate by _convey_, _lift_,
_transmit_, and _transport_? 3. What is the distinction between _bring_
and _carry_? between _carry_ and _bear_? 4. What does _lift_ mean? 5.
Can you give some figurative uses of _carry_?

EXAMPLES.

The strong man can ---- 1,000 pounds with apparent ease.

Napoleon always endeavored to ---- the war into the enemy's
territory.

It was found necessary to ---- the coal overland for a distance of
500 miles.

My punishment is greater than I can ----.

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CATASTROPHE (page 97).

QUESTIONS.

1. What is a _catastrophe_ or _cataclysm_? 2. Is a _catastrophe_ also
necessarily a _calamity_ or a _disaster_? 3. Which word has the broader
meaning, _disaster_ or _calamity_? 4. Does _misfortune_ suggest as
serious a condition as any of the foregoing? 5. How does a _mishap_
compare with a _catastrophe_, a _calamity_, or a _disaster_? 6. Give
some chief antonyms of the above.

EXAMPLES.

War and pestilence are properly ----, while the loss of a battle may
be a ----, but not a ----.

Fortune is not satisfied with inflicting one ----.

Well had the boding tremblers learned to trace
The day's ---- in his morning face.

The failure of the crops of two successive years proved an
irreparable ---- to the emigrants.

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CAUSE (page 98)