ing of _criminal_? How does it differ
from _illegal_ or _unlawful_? 2. What is _felonious_? _flagitious_? 3.
What is the primary meaning of _iniquitous_? 4. Is an _iniquitous_ act
necessarily _criminal_?

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DANGER (page 121).

QUESTIONS.

1. What is the distinctive meaning of _danger_? 2. Does _danger_ or
_peril_ suggest the more immediate evil? 3. How are _jeopardy_ and
_risk_ distinguished from _danger_ and _peril_?

EXAMPLES.

Delay always breeds ----.

The careful rider avoids running ----.

Stir, at your ----!

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DECAY (page 122).

QUESTIONS.

1. What sort of things _decay_? _putrefy_? _rot_? 2. What is the
essential difference between _decay_ and _decompose_?

EXAMPLES.

The flowers wither, the tree's trunk ----.

The water was ---- by the electric current.

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DECEPTION (page 123).

QUESTIONS.

1. How is _deceit_ distinguished from _deception_? from _guile_?
_fraud_? _lying_? _hypocrisy_? 2. Do all of these apply to conduct as
well as to speech? 3. Is _deception_ ever innocent? 4. Have _craft_ and
_cunning_ always a moral element? 5. How is _dissimulation_
distinguished from _duplicity_?

EXAMPLES.

The ---- of his conduct was patent to all.

It was a matter of self-----.

The judge decided it to be a case of ----.

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DEFINITION (page 124).

QUESTIONS.

1. Which is the more exact, a _definition_ or a _description_? 2. What
must a _definition_ include, and what must it exclude? 3. What must a
_description_ include? 4. In what respect has _interpretation_ a wider
meaning than _translation_? 5. How does an _explanation_ compare with an
_exposition_?

EXAMPLES.

A prompt ---- of the difficulty prevented a quarrel.

The ---- of scenery was admirable.

The seer gave an ---- of the dream.

Many a controversy may be instantly ended by a clear ---- of terms.

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DELIBERATE (page 125).

QUESTIONS.

1. What are the chief distinctions between _deliberate_? _consult_?
_consider_? _meditate_? _reflect_? 2. Do large gatherings of people
_consult_, or _meditate_, or _deliberate_? 3. Do we _reflect_ on things
past or things to come? 4. How many persons are necessarily implied in
_consult_, _confer_, and _debate_ as com