QUESTIONS.

1. What is the most general word of this group? 2. What is a _group_,
and of what class of objects may it be composed? 3. To what class of
animals does _brood_ apply? to what class does _litter_ apply? 4. Of
what is _bevy_ used? _flock_? 5. To what is _herd_ limited? 6. Of what
is _pack_ used? 7. What is a _drove_?

EXAMPLES.

What is not good for the ---- is not good for the bee.

He heard the bleating of the ----s and the twitter of birds among
the trees.

The lowing ---- winds slowly o'er the lea.

Excited ----s gathered at the corners discussing the affair.

A ---- of brightly clad women and children were enjoying a picnic
under the trees.

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FLUCTUATE (page 173).

QUESTIONS.

1. What is the meaning of _fluctuate_? 2. In what one characteristic do
_swerve_ and _veer_ differ from _oscillate_, _fluctuate_, _undulate_,
and _waver_? 3. What is the difference in mental action between
_hesitate_ and _waver_? between _vacillate_ and _waver_? 4. Which of the
above-mentioned words apply to persons? which to feelings?

EXAMPLES.

Thou almost mak'st me ---- in my faith.

The surface of the prairies rolls and ---- to the eye.

It is almost universally true that the human mind ---- at the moment
of committing a crime.

The vessel suddenly ---- from her course.

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FLUID (page 174).

QUESTIONS.

1. What is a _fluid_? 2. Into what two sections are _fluids_ divided? 3.
What is a _liquid_? a _gas_? 4. Are all _liquids_ _fluids_? 5. Are
_gases_ _fluids_? 6. Are _gases_ ever _liquids_? 7. What substance is at
once a _liquid_ and a _fluid_ at the ordinary temperature and pressure?

EXAMPLES.

Now nature paints her colors, how the bee
Sits on the bloom, extracting ---- sweet.

This earth was once a ---- haze of light.

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FOLLOW (page 174).

QUESTIONS.

1. What is it to _follow_? 2. How does _follow_ compare with _chase_ and
_pursue_? 3. As regards succession in time, what is the difference
between _follow_ and _ensue_? _result_?

EXAMPLES.

Say, shall my little bark attendant sail,
---- the triumph and partake the gale?

When Youth and Pleasure meet
To ---- the glowing Hours with flying feet.

"Then ---- me, the Prince,"
I answered; "each be hero in h