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T (page 52). QUESTIONS. 1. What two contrasted senses arise from the root meaning of _apparent_? 2. What is implied when we speak of _apparent_ kindness or _apparent_ neglect? 3. How do _presumable_ and _probable_ differ? 4. What implication is conveyed in _seeming_? What do we suggest when we speak of "_seeming_ innocence"? EXAMPLES. It is not ---- that the students will attempt to break the rules again. It is not yet ---- what his motive could have been in committing such an offense. It is ---- that something has been omitted which was essential to complete the construction. * * * * * APPETITE (page 54). QUESTIONS. 1. Of what kind of demands or impulses is _appetite_ ordinarily used? 2. What demands or tendencies are included in _passion_? 3. What is implied by _passions_ and _appetites_ when used as contrasted terms? EXAMPLES. Govern well thy ----, lest sin Surprise thee, and her black attendant Death. Take heed lest ---- sway Thy judgment to do aught which else free will Would not admit. * * * * * APPORTION (page 54). QUESTIONS. 1. What is the special significance of _apportion_ by which it is distinguished from _allot_, _assign_, _distribute_, or _divide_? 2. What is the significance of _dispense_ in the transitive use? 3. What is it to _appropriate_? EXAMPLES. Representatives are ---- among the several states according to the population. The treasure was ---- and their shares duly ---- among the captors. * * * * * APPROXIMATION (page 55). QUESTIONS. 1. What is an _approximation_ in the mathematical sense? 2. How close an approach to exactness and certainty does _approximation_ imply? 3. How does _approximation_ differ from _resemblance_ and _similarity_? from _approach_? 4. How does _approximation_, as regards the class of objects to which it is applied, differ from _nearness_, _neighborhood_, or _propinquity_? EXAMPLES. We have to be content with ---- to a solution. Without faith, there is no real ---- to God. Wit consists in knowing the ---- of things which differ, and the difference of things which are alike. * * * * * ARMS (page 55). QUESTIONS. 1. What is the difference between _arms_ and _armor_? 2. In what
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