tness.
3. The student has remarkable _ability capacity_.
4. In my _estimate estimation_ the cost will be higher than fifty dollars.
5. The _import importance_ of his words is not fully understood.
6. The _union unity_ of the clubs is remarkable.
7. The _acts actions_ of the president were closely watched.
8. The man needed a new _stimulus stimulant_.
9. He was _captivated captured_ by her unusual charms.
10. We are quick to _impute impugn_ motives that we think to exist.
11. He was _convinced convicted_ by John's argument.
12. The dog's suffering was _alleviated relieved_ by the medicine.
13. He _persuaded advised_ me to consult a lawyer.
14. His behavior was _funny odd_.
15. The plan seems _practical practicable_.
16. That is the _latest last_ letter.
17. That certainly was not a _human humane_ action.
18. He _waited on waited for_ his mother.
19. The _completeness completion_ of the work brought many congratulations.

EXERCISE 82

_Supply a word which will remedy the italicized impropriety in each
of the following sentences. When in doubt consult a dictionary:_

1. The _majority_ of the illustrations are good.
2. No one can accurately _predicate_ what the weather will be.
3. Shall you _except_ the invitation?
4. They _claim_ that the assertion cannot be proved.
5. They finally _located_ the criminal in Dravosburg.
6. I shall _leave_ you go at noon.
7. The _balance_ of the essay was uninteresting.
8. By questions they tried to _eliminate_ the true story.
9. They _impugn_ false motives to me.
10. He was greatly _effected_ by the news.
11. Sabbath _observation_ was then very strict.
12. They _expect_ that she wrote the letter.
13. The _invention_ of electricity has revolutionized all manufactures.
14. Who _learned_ her to sing?
15. Edison _discovered_ the phonograph.
16. One cannot comprehend the _enormity_ of a billion of dollars.
17. Many _complements_ were paid to her beauty.
18. His _consciousness_ pricked him.
19. How could any one be guilty of such a cruel _action_.
20. The _advancement_ of the army was very slow.

195. IDIOMS. There are in English, as in other languages, a number
of expressions that cannot be justified by the rules of grammar or
rhetoric; and yet these expressions are among the most forcible
ones in the language, and are continually used by the best writers.
These expressions that lie outside all rules we call idioms. Compare
the fo