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PURE (page 296).

QUESTIONS.

1. What does _pure_ signify? 2. In what sense are material substances
said to be _pure_? 3. What does _pure_ denote in moral and religious
use? 4. How does _pure_ compare with _innocent_? with _virtuous_?

EXAMPLES.

Water from melted snow is ----r than rain-water, as it descends
through the air in a solid form, incapable of absorbing atmospheric
gases.

Stone walls do not a prison make,
Nor iron bars a cage;
Minds ---- and quiet take
That for a hermitage.

In every place incense shall be offered unto my name and a ----
offering, saith the Lord of hosts.

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QUEER (page 297).

QUESTIONS.

1. What is the meaning of _odd_? _singular_? Are _odd_ and _singular_
precise equivalents? 2. When is a thing called _strange_? 3. What is the
primary meaning of _peculiar_? With what implication is it now commonly
used? 4. What is the meaning of _eccentric_? How does it differ in use
from _odd_ or _queer_? 5. How does _erratic_ compare with _eccentric_?
6. What is the primary meaning of _queer_? its common meaning? 7. What
is the significance of _quaint_? _grotesque_?

EXAMPLES.

A ----, shy man was this pastor--a sort of living mummy, dried up
and bleached by Icelandic snows.

In setting a hen, says Grose, the good women hold it an
indispensable rule to put an ---- number of eggs.

Only a man of undoubted genius can afford to be ----.

The ---- architecture of these medieval towns has a strange
fascination.

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QUICKEN (page 297).

QUESTIONS.

1. What is it to _accelerate_? to _despatch_? 2. What does the verb
_speed_ signify? _hasten_? _hurry_? What does _hurry_ suggest in
addition to the meaning of _hasten_?

EXAMPLES.

The motion of a falling body is continually ----ed.

The muster-place is Lanrick mead!
---- forth the signal! Norman, ----!

The pulsations of the heart are ----ed by exertion.

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QUOTE (page 298).

QUESTIONS.

1. How does _cite_ differ from _quote_? 2. What is it to _paraphrase_?
to _plagiarize_?

EXAMPLES.

A great man ---- bravely, and will not draw on his invention when
his memory serves him with a word as good.

The Devil can ---- Scripture for his purpose.

To appropriate others' though