expectation? 2. What do _close_, _complete_, _conclude_, and _finish_
signify as to expectation or appropriateness? Give instances. 3. What
specially distinctive sense has _finish_? 4. Does _terminate_ refer to
reaching an arbitrary or an appropriate end? 5. What does _stop_
signify?

EXAMPLES.

The life was suddenly ----.

The train ---- long enough for the passengers to get off, then
whirled on.

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END, _n._ (page 148).

QUESTIONS.

1. What is the _end_? 2. What is the distinctive meaning of _extremity_?
3. How does _extremity_ compare with _end_? 4. What reference is implied
in _extremity_? 5. What is the meaning of _tip_? _point_? How does
_extremity_ differ in use from the two latter words? 6. What is a
_terminus_? What specific meaning has the word in modern travel? 7. What
is the meaning of _termination_, and of what is it chiefly used?
_expiration_? _limit_?

EXAMPLES.

Seeing that death, a necessary ---- will come when it will come.

All rejoice at the successful ---- of the vast undertaking.

He that endureth to the ---- shall be saved.

Do not turn back when you are just at the ----.

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ENDEAVOR, _v._ (page 149).

QUESTIONS.

1. What is it to _attempt_? to _endeavor_? To what sort of exertion does
_endeavor_ especially apply? 2. How does _essay_ differ from _attempt_
and _endeavor_ in its view of the results of the action? 3. What is
implied in _undertake_? Give an instance. 4. What does _strive_ suggest?
5. How does _try_ compare with the other words of the group?

EXAMPLES.

---- first thyself, and after call on God,
For to the worker God himself lends aid.

---- the end, and never stand to doubt;
Nothing's so hard but search will find it out.

---- to enter in at the strait gate.

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ENDEAVOR, _n._ (page 150).

QUESTIONS.

1. What is an _effort_? an _exertion_? Which includes the other? 2. How
does _attempt_ differ from _effort_? 3. What is a _struggle_? 4. What is
an _essay_, and for what purpose is it made? 5. What is an _endeavor_,
and how is it distinguished from _effort_? from _attempt_?

EXAMPLES.

Youth is a blunder; manhood a ----; old age a regret.

So vast an ---- required more capital than he could command at that
time. Others combining with him enabled him to succeed