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 ----.
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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.
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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?
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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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