The change of schedule was ---- without a hitch.

AGGRAVATE, IRRITATE. See Glossary.

1. Her manner ---- me.
2. The crime was ---- by being committed in cold blood.
3. The children do everything they can to ---- her.
4. His illness was ---- by lack of proper food.

ALLUDE, MENTION. See Glossary.

1. He ---- (to) certain events which he dared not name directly.
2. The attorney ---- (to) no names.
3. That passage in his book delicately ---- (to) his mother.
4. In his speech the labor leader boldly ---- (to) his recent arrest.

ARGUE, AUGUR. _To argue_ is to state reasons for one's belief. _To
augur_ means _to foretell, to presage_.

1. The reported quarrel ---- ill for the army.
2. He will ---- at length on any subject.
3. Her darkening looks ---- a quarrel.

AVOCATION, VOCATION. A _vocation_ is one's principal work or calling.
_An avocation_ is something aside from or subordinate to that principal
calling.

1. The young physician enthusiastically pursues his ----.
2. Law is his ----, but politics is his ----.
3. The ministry should be one's ----, never his ----.
4. While preparing for his life work, school teaching was for a
time his ----.

BESIDES, BESIDE. _Besides_ means _in addition to. Beside_ refers
to place; as, _He sits beside you_.

1. ---- you, who else was there?
2. Is there nothing ---- this to do?
3. John walked ---- me.
4. ---- me was a tree.

CALCULATE, INTEND. _To calculate_ means _to compute, to adjust_ or
_to adapt. Intend_ means _to have formed the plan to do something_.

1. He ---- to sell books this summer.
2. He ---- that the work will take ten years.
3. He ---- to finish it as soon as he can.
4. The oil is ---- to flow at the rate of a gallon a minute.

CHARACTER, REPUTATION. See Glossary.

1. In this community his ---- is excellent.
2. One's friends may endow him with a good ----, but not with a good ----.
3. Slander may ruin one's ----, but it will not destroy his ----.
4. See that your ---- is right, and your ---- will establish itself.

CLAIM, ASSERT. _To claim_ means to make a demand for what is one's
own. It should not be confused with _assert_.

1. I ---- that I am innocent.
2. John ---- the property as his.
3. They ---- their right to the land.
4. The cashier ---- the money in payment of a note.
5. Do you still ---- that you were born in America?

COUNCIL, COUNSEL, CONSUL. A _council_ is a group of p