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QUESTIONS.

1. What is the central distinction between _antecedent_ and _cause_? 2.
How are the words _cause_, _condition_, and _occasion_ illustrated by
the fall of an avalanche? 3. And the antonyms _consequence_? _effect_?
_outgrowth_? _result_? 4. What are _causality_ and _causation_? 5. How
are _origin_ and _source_ related to _cause_?

EXAMPLES.

Where there is an effect there must be also a ----.

It is necessary to know something of the ---- of a man before we can
safely trust him.

The ---- of the river was found to be a small lake among the hills.

What was given as the ---- of the quarrel was really but the ----.

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CHAGRIN (page 100).

QUESTIONS.

1. What feelings are combined in _chagrin_? 2. How do you distinguish
between _chagrin_, _disappointment_, _humiliation_, _mortification_, and
_shame_? 3. Which involves a sense of having done wrong?

EXAMPLES.

The king's ---- at the limitations imposed upon him was painfully
manifest.

He is not wholly lost who yet can blush from ----.

Hope tells a flattering tale,
Delusive, vain, and hollow.
Ah! let not hope prevail,
Lest ---- follow.

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CHANGE (page 100).

QUESTIONS.

1. What is the distinction between _change_ and _exchange_? Are they
ever used as equivalent, and how? 2. Can you distinguish between
_modify_ and _qualify_?

EXAMPLES.

The tailor offered to ---- the armholes of the coat.

We requested the pianist to ---- his music by introducing a few
popular tunes.

We often fail to recognize the actor who ---- his costume between
the acts.

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CHARACTER (page 102).

QUESTIONS.

1. How do you distinguish between _character_ and _reputation_?
_constitution_ and _disposition_? 2. Is _nature_ a broader word than any
of the preceding? 3. If so, why?

EXAMPLES.

The philanthropist's ---- for charity is often a great source of
annoyance to him.

Let dogs delight to bark and bite, for 'tis their ---- to.

Misfortune may cause the loss of friends and reputation, yet if the
man has not yielded to wrong, his ---- is superior to loss or
change.

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CHOOSE (page 104).

QUESTIONS.

1. What are the shades of difference between _choose_, _cull_, _elect_,
_p