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NS. 1. What is _repugnance_? _aversion_? 2. How does _hatred_ compare with _aversion_ as applied to persons? as applied to things? 3. What is _malice_? _malignity_? 4. What is _spite_? 5. What are _grudge_, _resentment_, and _revenge_, and how do they compare with one another? EXAMPLES. Heaven has no ---- like love to ---- turned. The slight put upon him filled him with deep ----. He ne'er bore ---- for stalwart blow Ta'en in fair fight from gallant foe. In all cases of wilful injury to person or property, the law presumes ----. I felt from our first meeting an instinctive ---- for the man, which on acquaintance deepened into a settled ----. * * * * * HAVE (page 194). QUESTIONS. 1. To what is _have_ applied? How widely inclusive a word is it? 2. What does _possess_ signify? 3. What is to _hold_? to _occupy_? 4. How does _be in possession_ compare with _possess_? 5. How does _own_ compare with _possess_ or with _be in possession_? 6. What is the difference between the statement that a man _has_ reason, and the statement that he _is in possession_ of his reason? EXAMPLES. Son, thou art ever with me, and all that I ---- is thine. I earnestly entreat you, for your own sakes, to ---- yourselves of solid reasons. He occupies the house, but does not ---- it. * * * * * HAZARD (page 194). QUESTIONS. 1. What is the meaning of _hazard_? 2. How does _hazard_ compare with _danger_? 3. How do _risk_ and _venture_ compare with _chance_ and _hazard_, and with each other? 4. How do _accident_ and _casualty_ differ? 5. What is a _contingency_? EXAMPLES. We must take the current when it serves or lose our ----. I have set my life upon a cast, and I will stand the ---- of the die. There is no ---- in doing known duty. Do you think it necessary to provide for every ---- before taking the first step? * * * * * HEALTHY (page 195). QUESTIONS. 1. What is the meaning of _healthy_? of _healthful_? Are the words properly interchangeable? 2. What are the chief synonyms of _healthy_? of _healthful_? 3. In what sense is _salubrious_ used, and to what is it applied? 4. To what realm does _salutary_ belong? EXAMPLES. In books, or work, or ---- play let my first years be passed. Blessed is the -
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