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t, to which our knowledge is one of the contributors. _Knowledge_ comprises the materials; _wisdom_ the ability to use them to practical advantage and to worthy or noble purpose. _Knowledge_ is mental possession; _wisdom_ is mental and moral power. EXERCISE - Confused 1. Consult the dictionary for the distinction between the members of each of the following pairs. In each blank of the illustrative sentences insert the word appropriate in meaning. <Ability, capacity.> ____ to receive knowledge. ____ to impart knowledge. <Abstain, refrain.> He ____ from laughter. He steadfastly ____ from evil courses. <Abstinence, temperance.> Though he always displayed ____, he did not carry it to the point of ____. <Accept, except.> I shall ____ most of the suggestions, but must ____ the one made by Mr. Wheeler. <Accept, receive>. When the package was ____ at the local post office, Bayard refused to ____ it. <Ache, pain>. The dull ____ of his head. A sharp ____ below shoulder-blade. I have known the ____ of cold hands. "My heart ____, and a drowsy numbness ____ My sense, as though of hemlock I had drunk." <Address, tact>. With firmness and ____ he set about reconciling the factions. Her ____ enabled her to perceive that something was amiss. <Adhere, cohere>. The magnetized iron filings ____. The cold iron ____ to the boy's tongue. <Adherence, adhesion>. The ____ of the heated particles to each other was instantaneous. Amid these trials their ____ to the cause was unshaken. <Admission, admittance>. His ____ to the room was forced. He obtained ____ into a fraternal order. <Admit, confess>. When he ____ that he had a weapon, he practically ____ that he had slain the man. <Adverse, averse>. He was ____ to going. Their answer was ____. <Advice, counsel>. In this emergency he sought ____. He asked my ____ as to the best place to hang the picture. <Aggravate, irritate>. To let these mishaps ____ you is to ____ your suffering. <Allusion, illusion>. It is an ____ to suppose that I made any ____ to you. <Allusion, reference>. It was more than a possible ____; it was an unmistakable ____. <Amateur, novice>. Though we call him a(n) ____, he is in skill by no means the ____ you might think him. <Ambiguous, equivocal>. You are unintentionally ____. These words are deliberately ____. <Anticipate, expect>. Since we ____ the enemy to advance, would it not be wise to ____ him? <Appearance, aspec
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