be substituted. Why could not the words be
interchanged? 5. Can one be _daunted_ who is not _abashed_? 6. Is
_embarrass_ or _mortify_ the stronger word? Give instances.

EXAMPLES.

The peasant stood ---- in the royal presence.

The numerous questions ---- the witness.

The speaker was ---- for a moment, but quickly recovered himself.

At the revelation of such depravity, I was utterly ----.

When sensible of his error, the visitor was deeply ----.

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ABBREVIATION (page 4).

QUESTIONS.

1. Is an _abbreviation_ always a _contraction_? 2. Is a _contraction_
always an _abbreviation_? Give instances. 3. Can we have an
_abbreviation_ of a book, paragraph, or sentence? What can be
_abbreviated_? and what _abridged_?

EXAMPLES.

The treatise was already so brief that it did not admit of ----.

The ---- Dr. is used both for Doctor and Debtor.

F. R. S. is an ---- of the title "Fellow of the Royal Society."

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ABET (page 4).

QUESTIONS.

1. _Abet_, _incite_, _instigate_: which of these words are used in a
good and which in a bad sense? 2. How does _abet_ differ from _incite_
and _instigate_ as to the time of the action? 3. Which of the three
words apply to persons and which to actions? Give instances of the use
of _abet_; _instigate_; _incite_.

EXAMPLES.

To further his own schemes, he ---- the viceroy to rebel against the
king.

To ---- a crime may be worse than to originate it, as arguing less
excitement and more calculation and cowardice.

The prosecution was evidently malicious, ---- by envy and revenge.

And you that do ---- him in this kind
Cherish rebellion, and are rebels all.

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ABHOR (page 5).

QUESTIONS.

1. Which is the stronger word, _abhor_ or _despise_? 2. What does
_abhor_ denote? 3. How does Archbishop Trench illustrate the difference
between _abhor_ and _shun_? 4. What does _detest_ express? 5. What does
_loathe_ imply? Is it physical or moral in its application? 6. Give
illustrations of the appropriate uses of the above words.

EXAMPLES.

He had sunk to such degradation as to be utterly ---- by all good
men.

Such weakness can only be ----.

Talebearers and backbiters are everywhere ----.

---- that which is evil; cleave to that which is good.

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