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_Assignment for further discrimination_: The word _healthy_ is
often confused with _healthful_. You have already discriminated
between these two terms, but you should renew your knowledge of the
distinction between them.
_Sentences_: Colorado is noted for its ____ air. He offered the young
people some ____ advice. A ... | The Century Vocabulary Builder | Bachelor, Joseph M. (Joseph Morris) | 1889 | 1947 | ['en'] | 104 | {'Vocabulary'} | PG10073 | |
<Name, appellation, designation, denomination, title, alias>.
A _name_ is the word or words by which a person or thing is called or
known. If the name be descriptive or characterizing, even though in a
fanciful way, it is an _appellation_. If it particularizes an
individual through reference to distinctive quality or... | The Century Vocabulary Builder | Bachelor, Joseph M. (Joseph Morris) | 1889 | 1947 | ['en'] | 104 | {'Vocabulary'} | PG10073 | |
_Sentences_: He liked to read romances of the ____ days. Dana records
that he once saw a man so ____ that he had to raise his eyelids with his
fingers. Many writers use ____ words to give quaintness to their work. He
liked to sit around in his ____ clothes. "The moping owl does to the moon
complain Of such as, wanderi... | The Century Vocabulary Builder | Bachelor, Joseph M. (Joseph Morris) | 1889 | 1947 | ['en'] | 104 | {'Vocabulary'} | PG10073 | |
_Assignment for further discrimination_: <disburse, reward>.
_Sentences_: Let us ____ him for his efforts in our behalf.
Let us ____ their kindness with kindness, their cruelty with cruelty.
To ____ them adequately for such patriotic sacrifices is of course
impossible. The government demanded that it be ____ for the ... | The Century Vocabulary Builder | Bachelor, Joseph M. (Joseph Morris) | 1889 | 1947 | ['en'] | 104 | {'Vocabulary'} | PG10073 | |
_Assignment for further discrimination_: <scornful, imperious,
contumelious, impudent, impertinent>.
_Sentences_: He was ____ in replying to the questions. She paid no
attention to his words, but kept looking at him with a[n] ____ smile. He
was ____ in acting as if he were their equal. The hot-tempered fellow
answere... | The Century Vocabulary Builder | Bachelor, Joseph M. (Joseph Morris) | 1889 | 1947 | ['en'] | 104 | {'Vocabulary'} | PG10073 | |
<Rural, rustic, pastoral, bucolic>.
"The _rural_ inhabitants of a country." Are the people being spoken
of favorably, unfavorably, or neutrally? How would the meaning be affected
if they were called _rustic_ inhabitants? Would you ordinarily speak
of the _rural_ or the _rustic_ population to distinguish it from
the u... | The Century Vocabulary Builder | Bachelor, Joseph M. (Joseph Morris) | 1889 | 1947 | ['en'] | 104 | {'Vocabulary'} | PG10073 | |
_Sentences_: The ____ prisoner evaded all questions. He was as ____
as nature itself; he never gave his views upon any subject. He was ____
about the firm's affairs, especially toward persons who seemed
inquisitive. We knew there had been a love affair in his life, but he was
____ on the subject. She sat ____ througho... | The Century Vocabulary Builder | Bachelor, Joseph M. (Joseph Morris) | 1889 | 1947 | ['en'] | 104 | {'Vocabulary'} | PG10073 | |
_Suave_ implies agreeable persuasiveness or smooth urbanity.
_Bland_ suggests a soothing or coaxing kindness of manner, one that
is sometimes lacking in sincerity. _Unctuous_ implies excessive
smoothness, as though one's manner were oiled. The word carries a decided
suggestion of hypocrisy. _Fulsome_ suggests such gro... | The Century Vocabulary Builder | Bachelor, Joseph M. (Joseph Morris) | 1889 | 1947 | ['en'] | 104 | {'Vocabulary'} | PG10073 | |
_Assignment for further discrimination_: <chattering, long-winded,
prolix, wordy, verbose>.
_Sentences_: The insurance agent was so ____ a talker that I was
soothed into sleepiness by his voice. The ____ old man could talk forever
about the happenings of his boyhood. Through ____ descriptions of life in
the city the ... | The Century Vocabulary Builder | Bachelor, Joseph M. (Joseph Morris) | 1889 | 1947 | ['en'] | 104 | {'Vocabulary'} | PG10073 | |
_Sentences_: Against the time when his children would be going to
college he had been ____. "Most ____ judge!" The ____ old warrior could
not be deceived by any such ruse. "Be ye therefore as ____ as serpents,
and harmless as doves." The ____ advice of his elders was wasted on him.
The course was ____, not rash. He wa... | The Century Vocabulary Builder | Bachelor, Joseph M. (Joseph Morris) | 1889 | 1947 | ['en'] | 104 | {'Vocabulary'} | PG10073 | |
EXERCISE B
For some of the generic words in Exercise A you will find antonyms in
Exercise C. Here is a list:
In Exercise A: walk, laugh, busy, hate, masculine, old
In Exercise C: run, cry, idle, love, feminine, young.
Now each of the generic terms in C is followed by a list of its synonyms.
But for the six generic te... | The Century Vocabulary Builder | Bachelor, Joseph M. (Joseph Morris) | 1889 | 1947 | ['en'] | 104 | {'Vocabulary'} | PG10073 | |
<Kill, slay, slaughter, massacre, butcher, murder, assassinate, execute,
hang, electrocute, guillotine, lynch, despatch, decimate, crucify>.
_Sentences_: With the jawbone of an ass Samson ____ a thousand of his
enemies. It was his duty as sheriff to ____ the criminal, and the method
decreed by the state was that he s... | The Century Vocabulary Builder | Bachelor, Joseph M. (Joseph Morris) | 1889 | 1947 | ['en'] | 104 | {'Vocabulary'} | PG10073 | |
<Acquit, exculpate, exonerate, absolve>.
_Sentences_: He ____ himself from all blame. The king ____ them from
their allegiance. The teacher ____ the student who had been suspected of
theft. The father confessor ____ the penitent. The jury ____ the man on
the first ballot.
<Afraid, fearful, frightened, alarmed, scare... | The Century Vocabulary Builder | Bachelor, Joseph M. (Joseph Morris) | 1889 | 1947 | ['en'] | 104 | {'Vocabulary'} | PG10073 | |
<Bite, nibble, gnaw, chew, masticate, champ>.
_Sentences_: Fletcher taught people to ____ their food well. The
mouse ____ the cheese, but the trap did not spring. A horse ____ his bits.
When I ____ into the apple, I found that it was sour. The rat ____ a hole
through the board.
<Break, crack, fracture, sever, rend, ... | The Century Vocabulary Builder | Bachelor, Joseph M. (Joseph Morris) | 1889 | 1947 | ['en'] | 104 | {'Vocabulary'} | PG10073 | |
_Sentences_: It seemed they must be driven from their works but they
held to them with the utmost ____. He had the ____ to fight an aggressive
battle, but not the ____ to stand for long days upon the defensive; less
still did he have the ____ to disregard unjust criticism. The silent ____
of the women who bide at home... | The Century Vocabulary Builder | Bachelor, Joseph M. (Joseph Morris) | 1889 | 1947 | ['en'] | 104 | {'Vocabulary'} | PG10073 | |
<Deadly, mortal, fatal, lethal>.
_Sentences_: He has a ____ disease. The spirit of Virgil guided Dante
through the ____ shades. Cyanide of potassium is a ____ poison. He struck
a ____ blow.
<Defeat, subdue, conquer, overcome, vanquish, subjugate, suppress>.
_Sentences_: Napoleon ____ his enemies in many battles, but... | The Century Vocabulary Builder | Bachelor, Joseph M. (Joseph Morris) | 1889 | 1947 | ['en'] | 104 | {'Vocabulary'} | PG10073 | |
<Dip, douse, duck, plunge, immerge, immerse, submerge, sink, dive.>
_Sentences_: He ____ his head under the hydrant. The Baptists ____ at
baptism. She ____ the cloth into the dye. The sophomores ____ the freshmen
into the icy water of the lake. Paul Jones could not ____ the enemy's
ship; he therefore resolved to boar... | The Century Vocabulary Builder | Bachelor, Joseph M. (Joseph Morris) | 1889 | 1947 | ['en'] | 104 | {'Vocabulary'} | PG10073 | |
_Sentences_: The spy concealed his identity by wearing the ____ of a
monk. The soldiers wore blue ____. She was an excellent horsewoman, and
rode in a fashionable ____. "No man putteth a piece of new cloth unto an
old ____." Millions of men left farms and factories and shops to don the
____ of war. The invitation spec... | The Century Vocabulary Builder | Bachelor, Joseph M. (Joseph Morris) | 1889 | 1947 | ['en'] | 104 | {'Vocabulary'} | PG10073 | |
<Excuse, pardon, forgive, condone.>
_Sentences_: We should ____ even those who do us wrong. "Father, ____
them; for they know not what they do." I trust you will ____ my being
late. Ignorance ____ no one before the law. The governor ____ the convict.
He thought it better to ____ the offense than to try to punish it.
... | The Century Vocabulary Builder | Bachelor, Joseph M. (Joseph Morris) | 1889 | 1947 | ['en'] | 104 | {'Vocabulary'} | PG10073 | |
<Fight, combat, struggle, scuffle, fray, affray, attack, engagement,
assault, onslaught, brawl, melee, tournament, battle, conflict, strife,
clash, collision, contest, skirmish, encounter, brush, bout, set-to.>
_Sentences_: "A darkling plain Swept with confused alarms of ____ and
flight." The ____ upon Fort Sumter wa... | The Century Vocabulary Builder | Bachelor, Joseph M. (Joseph Morris) | 1889 | 1947 | ['en'] | 104 | {'Vocabulary'} | PG10073 | |
<Glad, happy, cheerful, mirthful, joyful, joyous, blithe, gay,
frolicsome, merry, jolly, sportive, jovial, jocular, jocose, jocund.>
_Sentences_: "The milkmaid singeth ____." "And all went ____ as a
marriage bell." "How beautiful are the feet of them that preach the gospel
of peace, and bring ____ tidings of good thi... | The Century Vocabulary Builder | Bachelor, Joseph M. (Joseph Morris) | 1889 | 1947 | ['en'] | 104 | {'Vocabulary'} | PG10073 | |
<Hinder, restrain, obstruct, impede, hamper, retard, check, curb, clog,
encumber, forestall, suppress, repress, prevent.>
_Sentences_: Baggage ____ the progress of an army. It is the purpose
of modern medicine to ____ disease. The accumulations of dust and grease
____ the machine. "My tears must stop, for every drop ... | The Century Vocabulary Builder | Bachelor, Joseph M. (Joseph Morris) | 1889 | 1947 | ['en'] | 104 | {'Vocabulary'} | PG10073 | |
<Ignorant, illiterate, uninformed, uneducated, untutored, unlettered,
unenlightened.>
_Sentences_: Without public schools most children would be ____;
without missionaries many barbarous tribes would remain ____. Andrew
Jackson was ____ that peace had been declared when he fought the battle of
New Orleans. Even the... | The Century Vocabulary Builder | Bachelor, Joseph M. (Joseph Morris) | 1889 | 1947 | ['en'] | 104 | {'Vocabulary'} | PG10073 | |
<Love, affection, attachment, fondness, infatuation, devotion,
predilection, liking.>
_Sentences_: Between the two young people had grown a[n] ____ which
now ripened into ____. "The course of true ____ never did run smooth." The
mad ____ of Mark Antony for Cleopatra was the cause of his downfall. She
had only a[n] __... | The Century Vocabulary Builder | Bachelor, Joseph M. (Joseph Morris) | 1889 | 1947 | ['en'] | 104 | {'Vocabulary'} | PG10073 | |
<Pacify, appease, placate, propitiate, conciliate, mollify>.
_Sentences_: We ____ our hunger when we reached the inn. In olden
times men tried to ____ the offended gods by offering human sacrifices.
They ____ the angry man by promising to hear his grievances immediately.
The premier thought he could ____ this particu... | The Century Vocabulary Builder | Bachelor, Joseph M. (Joseph Morris) | 1889 | 1947 | ['en'] | 104 | {'Vocabulary'} | PG10073 | |
_Sentences_: It was only a little ____ between lovers. The ____
between the partners was over the right of the senior to make contracts
for the firm; it grew into an angry ____. It was a long-drawn political
____. At the meeting of our committee the chairman and one of the members
had a sharp ____ over a point of orde... | The Century Vocabulary Builder | Bachelor, Joseph M. (Joseph Morris) | 1889 | 1947 | ['en'] | 104 | {'Vocabulary'} | PG10073 | |
<Reprove, rebuke, reprimand, admonish, chide, upbraid, reproach, scold,
rate, berate>.
_Sentences_: "He ____ their wanderings but relieved their pain."
"Many a time and oft In the Rialto you have ____ me About my moneys and my
usances." They ____ the man who had taken the savings of the poor, and
____ him against suc... | The Century Vocabulary Builder | Bachelor, Joseph M. (Joseph Morris) | 1889 | 1947 | ['en'] | 104 | {'Vocabulary'} | PG10073 | |
_Sentences_: It was something I merely ____ in passing; I would not
____ to it. I could not ____ in court, and therefore had to ____ before a
notary. The scientist ____ that a seismograph will infallibly record
earthquakes. He solemnly ____ that he would not ____ exemption from the
draft.
<Shine, beam, gleam, glisten... | The Century Vocabulary Builder | Bachelor, Joseph M. (Joseph Morris) | 1889 | 1947 | ['en'] | 104 | {'Vocabulary'} | PG10073 | |
<Speak, discourse, expatiate, descant, comment, argue, persuade, plead,
lecture, preach, harangue, rant, roar, spout, thunder, declaim, harp>.
(With this group compare the _Say_ group, above, and the _Talk_
group, below.)
_Sentences_: "His virtues Will ____ like angels trumpet-tongu'd
against The deep damnation of hi... | The Century Vocabulary Builder | Bachelor, Joseph M. (Joseph Morris) | 1889 | 1947 | ['en'] | 104 | {'Vocabulary'} | PG10073 | |
_Sentences_: The Israelites ____ in Egypt. He ____ to chat with us,
but could not ____ overnight. I ____ in a wretched tavern. "I can ____, I
can ____ but a night." "I did love the Moor to ____ with him." "He that
shall come will come, and will not ____." "I will ____ in the house of the
Lord forever." "If ye ____ in ... | The Century Vocabulary Builder | Bachelor, Joseph M. (Joseph Morris) | 1889 | 1947 | ['en'] | 104 | {'Vocabulary'} | PG10073 | |
<Sullen, surly, sulky, crabbed, cross, gruff, grum, glum, morose, dour,
crusty, cynical, misanthropic, saturnine, splenetic.>
_Sentences_: "Between us and our hame [home], Where sits our ____,
____ dame, Gathering her brows like gathering storm, Nursing her wrath to
keep it warm." A ____ old bachelor. A ____ Scotchma... | The Century Vocabulary Builder | Bachelor, Joseph M. (Joseph Morris) | 1889 | 1947 | ['en'] | 104 | {'Vocabulary'} | PG10073 | |
<Whip, chastise, castigate, flagellate, scourge, lash, trounce, thrash,
flog, maul, drub, switch, spank, bastinado.> (This group limits the
field of the _Punish_ group in Exercise A, and extends the list of
synonyms.)
_Sentences_: The drunken driver ____ the excited horses. The zealot
was accustomed to ____ himself. ... | The Century Vocabulary Builder | Bachelor, Joseph M. (Joseph Morris) | 1889 | 1947 | ['en'] | 104 | {'Vocabulary'} | PG10073 | |
(So many of the quotations are from poetry that these will be printed as
verse rather than, as in the preceding exercises, in continuous lines like
prose.)
<Affront, insult, indignity.>
A moral, sensible, and well-bred man
Will not _affront_ me,--and no other can.
An old _affront_ will stir the heart
Thro... | The Century Vocabulary Builder | Bachelor, Joseph M. (Joseph Morris) | 1889 | 1947 | ['en'] | 104 | {'Vocabulary'} | PG10073 | |
When faith is lost, when _honor_ dies,
The man is dead.
Act well your part; there all the _honor_ lies.
The Athenians erected a large statue of Aesop, and placed him, though a
slave, on a lasting pedestal, to show that the way to _honor_ lies
open indifferently to all.
I could not love thee, dear, so much,
L... | The Century Vocabulary Builder | Bachelor, Joseph M. (Joseph Morris) | 1889 | 1947 | ['en'] | 104 | {'Vocabulary'} | PG10073 | |
The _hatred_ we bear our enemies injures their happiness less than
our own.
_Hate_ is like fire; it makes even light rubbish deadly.
He generously forgot all feeling of _animosity_, and determined to go
in person to his succor.
That thereby he may gather
The ground of your _ill-will_, and so remove it.... | The Century Vocabulary Builder | Bachelor, Joseph M. (Joseph Morris) | 1889 | 1947 | ['en'] | 104 | {'Vocabulary'} | PG10073 | |
_Wedlock's_ a lane where there is no turning.
What is _wedlock_ forced, but a hell,
An age of discord and continual strife?
<Mercy, clemency, lenity, leniency, lenience, forbearance>.
Teach me to feel another's woe,
To hide the fault I see;
That _mercy_ I to others show,
That _mercy_ show to me.
The qua... | The Century Vocabulary Builder | Bachelor, Joseph M. (Joseph Morris) | 1889 | 1947 | ['en'] | 104 | {'Vocabulary'} | PG10073 | |
_Want_ is a bitter and hateful good,
Because its virtues are not understood;
Yet many things, impossible to thought,
Have been by _need_ to full perfection brought.
Hundreds would never have known _want_ if they had not first known
waste.
O! reason not the _need_; our basest beggars
Are in the poorest thin... | The Century Vocabulary Builder | Bachelor, Joseph M. (Joseph Morris) | 1889 | 1947 | ['en'] | 104 | {'Vocabulary'} | PG10073 | |
He then dissolved Parliament, and sent its most _refractory_ members
to the Tower.
If he were _contumacious_, he might be excommunicated, or, in other
words, be deprived of all civil rights and imprisoned for life.
EXERCISE E
The following list of synonyms is given for the convenience of those who
wish additional mat... | The Century Vocabulary Builder | Bachelor, Joseph M. (Joseph Morris) | 1889 | 1947 | ['en'] | 104 | {'Vocabulary'} | PG10073 | |
Call, clamor, roar, scream, shout, shriek, vociferate, yell, halloo,
whoop.
Calm, still, motionless, tranquil, serene, placid.
Care, concern, solicitude, anxiety.
Celebrate, commemorate, observe.
Charm, amulet, talisman.
Charm, enchant, fascinate, captivate, enrapture, bewitch, infatuate,
enamor.
Cheat, defraud, swind... | The Century Vocabulary Builder | Bachelor, Joseph M. (Joseph Morris) | 1889 | 1947 | ['en'] | 104 | {'Vocabulary'} | PG10073 | |
Eat, bolt, gulp, gorge, devour.
Encroach, infringe, intrench, trench, intrude, invade, trespass.
End, conclude, terminate, finish, discontinue, close.
Enemy, foe, adversary, opponent, antagonist, rival.
Enough, adequate, sufficient.
Entice, inveigle, allure, lure, decoy, seduce.
Erase, expunge, cancel, efface, obliter... | The Century Vocabulary Builder | Bachelor, Joseph M. (Joseph Morris) | 1889 | 1947 | ['en'] | 104 | {'Vocabulary'} | PG10073 | |
Game, play, amusement, pastime, diversion, fun, sport, entertainment.
Gather, accumulate, amass, collect, levy, muster, hoard.
Ghost, spirit, specter, phantom, apparition, shade, phantasm.
Gift, present, donation, grant, gratuity, bequest, boon, bounty, largess,
fee, bribe.
Grand, magnificent, gorgeous, splendid, supe... | The Century Vocabulary Builder | Bachelor, Joseph M. (Joseph Morris) | 1889 | 1947 | ['en'] | 104 | {'Vocabulary'} | PG10073 | |
Join, connect, unite, couple, combine, link, annex, append.
Kindle, ignite, inflame, rouse.
Lack, want, need, deficiency, dearth, paucity, scarcity, deficit.
Lame, crippled, halt, deformed, maimed, disabled.
Large, great, big, huge, immense, colossal, gigantic, extensive, vast,
massive, unwieldy, bulky.
Laughable, com... | The Century Vocabulary Builder | Bachelor, Joseph M. (Joseph Morris) | 1889 | 1947 | ['en'] | 104 | {'Vocabulary'} | PG10073 | |
Order (noun), command, mandate, behest, injunction, decree.
Order (verb), command, enjoin, direct, instruct.
Oversight, supervision, direction, superintendence, surveillance.
Pale, pallid, wan, colorless, blanched, ghastly, ashen, cadaverous.
Patience, forbearance, resignation, longsuffering.
Penetrate, pierce, perfor... | The Century Vocabulary Builder | Bachelor, Joseph M. (Joseph Morris) | 1889 | 1947 | ['en'] | 104 | {'Vocabulary'} | PG10073 | |
Teach, instruct, educate, train, discipline, drill, inculcate, instil,
indoctrinate.
Thoughtful, contemplative, meditative, reflective, pensive, wistful.
Tire, weary, fatigue, exhaust, jade, fag.
Tool, implement, instrument, utensil.
Trifle, dally, dawdle, potter.
Try, endeavor, essay, attempt.
Trust, confidence, reli... | The Century Vocabulary Builder | Bachelor, Joseph M. (Joseph Morris) | 1889 | 1947 | ['en'] | 104 | {'Vocabulary'} | PG10073 | |
Dark, bright Wet, dry
Savage, civilized Beautiful, ugly
Friend, enemy Hope, despair
Wise, foolish Love, hate
Enormous, minute Admirable, abominable
Curse, bless Pride, humility
IX
MANY-SIDED WORDS
In Chapter VII you made a study of printed distinc... | The Century Vocabulary Builder | Bachelor, Joseph M. (Joseph Morris) | 1889 | 1947 | ['en'] | 104 | {'Vocabulary'} | PG10073 | |
_Things_ is another very general term. In "Let us wash up the things"
it likely means dishes or clothes. In "Hang your things in the closet" it
likely means clothes. In "Put the things in the tool-box" it likely means
tools. In "Put the things in the sewing-basket" it likely means thread,
needles, and scissors. In "Th... | The Century Vocabulary Builder | Bachelor, Joseph M. (Joseph Morris) | 1889 | 1947 | ['en'] | 104 | {'Vocabulary'} | PG10073 | |
<Bright.> Give as many words as you can, at least twelve, that can be
used instead of _bright_ as applied to a light, a diamond, a wet
pavement, or a live coal. Give three words for _bright_ as applied to
a child of unusual intelligence; two as applied to an occasion that
promises to turn out well; two as applied to a... | The Century Vocabulary Builder | Bachelor, Joseph M. (Joseph Morris) | 1889 | 1947 | ['en'] | 104 | {'Vocabulary'} | PG10073 | |
<Fast>. Name two words I might substitute for _fast_ in the
sentence "Drive the stake until it is fast in the ground"; three in the
sentence "He made a fast trip for the doctor"; six in the sentence "By
leading a fast life he soon squandered his inheritance."
<Firm>. Substitute four words for _firm_ in the sentence "I... | The Century Vocabulary Builder | Bachelor, Joseph M. (Joseph Morris) | 1889 | 1947 | ['en'] | 104 | {'Vocabulary'} | PG10073 | |
<Plain>. Give six words that can be substituted for _plain_, as
applied to a fact or statement; four as applied to the decorations of a
room; two as applied to the countenance; four as applied to a surface;
three as applied to a statement or reply.
<Poor>. Give five words that can be used instead of _poor_ as
applied ... | The Century Vocabulary Builder | Bachelor, Joseph M. (Joseph Morris) | 1889 | 1947 | ['en'] | 104 | {'Vocabulary'} | PG10073 | |
<Weak>. Substitute five synonyms for _weak_ in the sentence "I
was very weak after my illness"; four in the sentence "The fortress was
especially weak on the side toward the plain"; three in the sentence "He
made a weak attempt to defend his actions"; three in the sentence "Many of
these arguments are weak"; three in ... | The Century Vocabulary Builder | Bachelor, Joseph M. (Joseph Morris) | 1889 | 1947 | ['en'] | 104 | {'Vocabulary'} | PG10073 | |
EXERCISE J
Reread the discussion of _good_ and _things_ in Many-sided
Words. Then for each of the words listed below collect or compose twenty
or more sentences in which the word is used. As largely as possible, take
them from actual experience. In doing this you must listen to the use of
the word in everyday talk. A... | The Century Vocabulary Builder | Bachelor, Joseph M. (Joseph Morris) | 1889 | 1947 | ['en'] | 104 | {'Vocabulary'} | PG10073 | |
<Literal vs. Figurative Applications>
One of the most interesting things to watch in the study of words is their
development from a literal to a figurative application. The first man who
broke away from the confines of the literal meaning of a word and applied
the word to something that only in a figurative sense had... | The Century Vocabulary Builder | Bachelor, Joseph M. (Joseph Morris) | 1889 | 1947 | ['en'] | 104 | {'Vocabulary'} | PG10073 | |
Many very simple words, including several of those already treated in this
chapter, are two-sided in that they are both literal and figurative.
EXERCISE L
Trace each of the following words from its literal to its figurative
applications, giving synonyms for each of its uses.
Open Bright Stiff Hard
L... | The Century Vocabulary Builder | Bachelor, Joseph M. (Joseph Morris) | 1889 | 1947 | ['en'] | 104 | {'Vocabulary'} | PG10073 | |
The best remedy for such shortcomings is to be insatiably curious on all
subjects. This of course is the ideal; nobody ever fully attains it.
Nevertheless Exercise M will set you to groping into certain broad matters
relevant to ordinary needs. Thereafter, if your purpose be strong enough,
you will carry the same meth... | The Century Vocabulary Builder | Bachelor, Joseph M. (Joseph Morris) | 1889 | 1947 | ['en'] | 104 | {'Vocabulary'} | PG10073 | |
Give all the terms of relationship of persons, both by blood and by
marriage. What relation to you is your grandfather's brother? your
cousin's daughter?
Name all the bones of the human head.
Give the names of the different parts of a typical flower.
Name as many elements as you can. What is the number usually given? ... | The Century Vocabulary Builder | Bachelor, Joseph M. (Joseph Morris) | 1889 | 1947 | ['en'] | 104 | {'Vocabulary'} | PG10073 | |
This chapter puts you on your mettle. Hitherto you have been given
instructions as to the way to proceed, Now you must shift for yourself.
The words, to be sure, are corraled for you. But you must tame them and
break them, in order that on them you may ride the ranges of human
intercourse. If you have not yet learned ... | The Century Vocabulary Builder | Bachelor, Joseph M. (Joseph Morris) | 1889 | 1947 | ['en'] | 104 | {'Vocabulary'} | PG10073 | |
The man wished to fight; he was in ____ mood. There is only a handful of
these things; yes, a mere ____. Slight mishaps like these lead to quips
and mutual ____. His conduct is odd, grotesque, ____.
Baccalaureate, badinage, bagatelle, baleful, ballast, banality, baneful,
beatitude, bellicose, belligerent, benefaction,... | The Century Vocabulary Builder | Bachelor, Joseph M. (Joseph Morris) | 1889 | 1947 | ['en'] | 104 | {'Vocabulary'} | PG10073 | |
His course was not prescribed for him by superiors; his powers were ____.
The suppression of these anarchistic tendencies has required ____
measures. She was just entering society, and was proving herself a popular
____. Yes, this tree loses its leaves every year; it is a ____ tree. He
pretends that his ____ are sound... | The Century Vocabulary Builder | Bachelor, Joseph M. (Joseph Morris) | 1889 | 1947 | ['en'] | 104 | {'Vocabulary'} | PG10073 | |
He deceives himself by this argument, for the argument is utterly ____.
No complicated action can be planned in absolute detail; much must depend
on ____ circumstance.
Fabricate, fabulous, facetious, factitious, fallacious, fallible,
fastidious, fatuous, feasible, feculence, fecundity, felicitous,
felonious, fetid, fe... | The Century Vocabulary Builder | Bachelor, Joseph M. (Joseph Morris) | 1889 | 1947 | ['en'] | 104 | {'Vocabulary'} | PG10073 | |
He overpraised people; he was always engaged in extravagant ____ of
somebody or other. The small man who has written a book becomes
pretentious at once and regards himself as one of the ____. Thatcher is
always engaged in lawsuits; he is the most ____ man I ever saw.
Jocose, jocund, jurisprudence, juxtaposition, kalei... | The Century Vocabulary Builder | Bachelor, Joseph M. (Joseph Morris) | 1889 | 1947 | ['en'] | 104 | {'Vocabulary'} | PG10073 | |
Pabulum, pageantry, paginate, palatial, palliate, palpable, panacea,
panegyric, panorama, paradoxical, paramount, parasite, parochial,
paroxysm, parsimonious, parturition, patois, patriarchal, patrician,
patrimony, peccadillo, pecuniary, pedantic, pellucid, pendulous,
penultimate, penurious, peregrination, perfunctory... | The Century Vocabulary Builder | Bachelor, Joseph M. (Joseph Morris) | 1889 | 1947 | ['en'] | 104 | {'Vocabulary'} | PG10073 | |
His position carries no responsibility; it is a ____. The moon revolves
about the earth, and is therefore the earth's ____. His work keeps him at
his desk all day; it is ____ work. Your words incite men to disorder and
rebellion; they are ____.
Saccharine, sacerdotal, sacrament, sacrilege, salient, salubrious,
sardoni... | The Century Vocabulary Builder | Bachelor, Joseph M. (Joseph Morris) | 1889 | 1947 | ['en'] | 104 | {'Vocabulary'} | PG10073 | |
XI
RETROSPECT
DO you never, while occupying a dental chair and deploring the necessity
that drives you to that uncomfortable seat, admire the skill of the
dentist in the use of his instruments? A great many of these instruments
lie at his hand. To you they appear bewildering, so slightly different are
they from e... | The Century Vocabulary Builder | Bachelor, Joseph M. (Joseph Morris) | 1889 | 1947 | ['en'] | 104 | {'Vocabulary'} | PG10073 | |
You have carried the study of individuals farther. You have come to know
words inside and out. Such knowledge not only assists you in your dealings
with your contemporaries; it illuminates for you great literature of the
past that otherwise would remain obscure. How much keener, for example, is
your understanding of S... | The Century Vocabulary Builder | Bachelor, Joseph M. (Joseph Morris) | 1889 | 1947 | ['en'] | 104 | {'Vocabulary'} | PG10073 | |
You have not, of course, achieved perfection. There still is much for you
to do. There always will be. Nevertheless in the ways just reviewed, and
in various other ways not mentioned in this chapter, you have made
yourself verbally rich. You are one of the millionaires of language. When
you speak, it is not with stamm... | The Century Vocabulary Builder | Bachelor, Joseph M. (Joseph Morris) | 1889 | 1947 | ['en'] | 104 | {'Vocabulary'} | PG10073 | |
But whatever the disadvantages of the city, the people who endure them are
convinced that to go back to the vines and figtrees of their native heath
would be jumping out of the frying pan into the fire. Why? Well, for one
thing, there is no such thing as leisure in the areas that lie beyond
those vast aggregations of ... | The Century Vocabulary Builder | Bachelor, Joseph M. (Joseph Morris) | 1889 | 1947 | ['en'] | 104 | {'Vocabulary'} | PG10073 | |
And so farmer after farmer breaks up the old homestead and contributes his
mite to the drift cityward. What will be the result that comes out of it
all? The effect upon the farmer deserves an editorial all to itself. Here
we must limit ourselves to the effects on the future of our beloved
American nation. And even the... | The Century Vocabulary Builder | Bachelor, Joseph M. (Joseph Morris) | 1889 | 1947 | ['en'] | 104 | {'Vocabulary'} | PG10073 | |
First, the people of the Colonies are descendants of Englishmen. England,
Sir, is a nation which still, I hope, respects, and formerly adored, her
freedom. The Colonists emigrated from you when this part of your character
was most predominant; and they took this bias and direction the moment
they parted from your hand... | The Century Vocabulary Builder | Bachelor, Joseph M. (Joseph Morris) | 1889 | 1947 | ['en'] | 104 | {'Vocabulary'} | PG10073 | |
They were further confirmed in this pleasing error by the form of their
provincial legislative assemblies. Their governments are popular in an
high degree; some are merely popular; in all, the popular representative
is the most weighty; and this share of the people in their ordinary
government never fails to inspire t... | The Century Vocabulary Builder | Bachelor, Joseph M. (Joseph Morris) | 1889 | 1947 | ['en'] | 104 | {'Vocabulary'} | PG10073 | |
Sir, I can perceive by their manner that some gentlemen object to the
latitude of this description, because in the Southern Colonies the Church
of England forms a large body, and has a regular establishment. It is
certainly true. There is, however, a circumstance attending these Colonies
which, in my opinion, fully co... | The Century Vocabulary Builder | Bachelor, Joseph M. (Joseph Morris) | 1889 | 1947 | ['en'] | 104 | {'Vocabulary'} | PG10073 | |
The last cause of this disobedient spirit in the Colonies is hardly less
powerful than the rest, as it is not merely moral, but laid deep in the
natural constitution of things. Three thousand miles of ocean lie between
you and them. No contrivance can prevent the effect of this distance in
weakening government. Seas r... | The Century Vocabulary Builder | Bachelor, Joseph M. (Joseph Morris) | 1889 | 1947 | ['en'] | 104 | {'Vocabulary'} | PG10073 | |
_Appendix 3_
PARABLE OF THE SOWER
(Matthew 13:3,8 and 18-23)
And he spake many things unto them in parables, saying,
Behold, a sower went forth to sow;
And when he sowed, some seeds fell by the way side,
and the fowls came and devoured them up:
Some fell upon stony places, where they had not much earth:
and f... | The Century Vocabulary Builder | Bachelor, Joseph M. (Joseph Morris) | 1889 | 1947 | ['en'] | 104 | {'Vocabulary'} | PG10073 | |
_Appendix 5_
THE CASTAWAY
(From _Robinson Crusoe_)
By Daniel Defoe
And now our case was very dismal indeed; for we all saw plainly that the
sea went so high that the boat could not escape, and that we should be
inevitably drowned. As to making sail, we had none, nor, if we had, could
we have done anything... | The Century Vocabulary Builder | Bachelor, Joseph M. (Joseph Morris) | 1889 | 1947 | ['en'] | 104 | {'Vocabulary'} | PG10073 | |
The wave that came upon me again buried me at once twenty or thirty feet
deep in its own body, and I could feel myself I carried with a mighty
force and swiftness towards the shore a very great way; but I held my
breath, and assisted myself to swim still forward with all my might. I was
ready to burst with holding my ... | The Century Vocabulary Builder | Bachelor, Joseph M. (Joseph Morris) | 1889 | 1947 | ['en'] | 104 | {'Vocabulary'} | PG10073 | |
"For sudden joys, like griefs, confound at first."
I walked about on the shore, lifting up my hands, and my whole being, as I
may say, wrapt up in a contemplation of my deliverance; making a thousand
gestures and motions, which I cannot describe; reflecting upon all my
comrades that were drowned, and that there sh... | The Century Vocabulary Builder | Bachelor, Joseph M. (Joseph Morris) | 1889 | 1947 | ['en'] | 104 | {'Vocabulary'} | PG10073 | |
When I waked it was broad day, the weather clear, and the storm abated, so
that the sea did not rage and swell as before; but that which surprised me
most was, that the ship was lifted off in the night from the sand where
she lay, by the swelling of the tide, and was driven up almost as far as
the rock which I at firs... | The Century Vocabulary Builder | Bachelor, Joseph M. (Joseph Morris) | 1889 | 1947 | ['en'] | 104 | {'Vocabulary'} | PG10073 | |
It was in vain to sit still and wish for what was not to be had; and this
extremity roused my application. We had several spare yards, and two or
three large spars of wood, and a spare topmast or two in the ship: I
resolved to fall tp work with these, and I flung as many of them overboard
as I could manage for their w... | The Century Vocabulary Builder | Bachelor, Joseph M. (Joseph Morris) | 1889 | 1947 | ['en'] | 104 | {'Vocabulary'} | PG10073 | |
My next care was for some ammunition and arms. There were two very good
fowling-pieces in the great cabin, and two pistols. These I secured first,
with some powder-horns, a small bag of shot, and two old rusty swords. I
knew there were three barrels of powder in the ship, but knew not where
our gunner had stowed them;... | The Century Vocabulary Builder | Bachelor, Joseph M. (Joseph Morris) | 1889 | 1947 | ['en'] | 104 | {'Vocabulary'} | PG10073 | |
At length I spied a little cove on the right shore of the creek, to which,
with great pain and difficulty, I guided my raft, and at last got so near,
that reaching ground with my oar, I could thrust her directly in. But here
I had like to have dipped all my cargo into the sea again; for that shore
lying pretty steep-t... | The Century Vocabulary Builder | Bachelor, Joseph M. (Joseph Morris) | 1889 | 1947 | ['en'] | 104 | {'Vocabulary'} | PG10073 | |
<Essays, Adventure, etc.>
Addison, Joseph: _Spectator Papers_
Bryce, Sir James: _The American Commonwealth_
Burke, Edmund: _Speech on Conciliation_
Burroughs, John: _Wake Robin_
Chesterton, G. K.: _Heretics_
Crothers, S. M.: _The Gentle Reader_
Dana, R. H., Jr.: Two _Years Before the Mast_
Darwin, Charles: _Origin of ... | The Century Vocabulary Builder | Bachelor, Joseph M. (Joseph Morris) | 1889 | 1947 | ['en'] | 104 | {'Vocabulary'} | PG10073 | |
_Abandon_, Synonyms of,
_Abase_, Synonyms of,
_Abettor_, Synonyms of,
_Abolish_, Synonyms of,
_Abridge_
Abstract vs. concrete terms. Also see _Words_
_Absurd_
_Accumulate_
_Acknowledge_, Synonyms of,
_Acquit_, Synonyms of,
_Act_ family
_Active_, Synonyms of,
_Advise_, Synonyms of,
Aeronautics, Familiar terms in,
_Affa... | The Century Vocabulary Builder | Bachelor, Joseph M. (Joseph Morris) | 1889 | 1947 | ['en'] | 104 | {'Vocabulary'} | PG10073 | |
_Daily_
_Dainty_, Synonyms of,
_Daisy_
_Dandelion_
_Danger_, Synonyms of,
_Darken_, Synonyms of,
_Dead_, Synonyms of,
_Deadly_, Synonyms of,
_Death_, Synonyms of,
_Decay_, Synonyms of,
_Deceit_, Synonyms of,
_Deceptive_, Synonyms of,
_Decorate_, Synonyms of,
_Decorous_, Synonyms of,
_Deface_, Synonyms of,
_Defeat_, Sy... | The Century Vocabulary Builder | Bachelor, Joseph M. (Joseph Morris) | 1889 | 1947 | ['en'] | 104 | {'Vocabulary'} | PG10073 | |
_Face_, Synonyms of,
_Fact_ family
_Faculty_, Synonyms of,
_Failing_, Synonyms of,
_Fair_
_False_
_Fame_, Synonyms of,
Families, Verbal,
_Famous_, Synonyms of,
_Fashion_, Synonyms of,
_Fast_
_Fast_, Synonyms of,
_Fasten_ Synonyms of,
_Fat_, Synonyms of,
_Fate_, Synonyms of,
_Fatherly_
_Fawn_, Synonyms of,
_Fear_, Syno... | The Century Vocabulary Builder | Bachelor, Joseph M. (Joseph Morris) | 1889 | 1947 | ['en'] | 104 | {'Vocabulary'} | PG10073 | |
_Hab_ family
_Habit_, Synonyms of,
_Habitation_, Synonyms of,
_Hale_ family
_Half-baked_
_Harass_, Synonyms of,
_Hard_
_Harmful_, Synonyms of,
_Harsh_
_Haste_, Synonyms of,
_Hate_, Synonyms of,
_Hatred_, Synonyms of,
_Have_, Synonyms of,
_Hayseed_
_Head foremost_
_Headstrong_, Synonyms of,
_Heal_ family
_Healthful_, S... | The Century Vocabulary Builder | Bachelor, Joseph M. (Joseph Morris) | 1889 | 1947 | ['en'] | 104 | {'Vocabulary'} | PG10073 | |
_Make_, Synonyms of,
_Make one's pile_
_Man_, as a generic term,
_Man, manu_ family
_Mand_ family
_Manifest_, Synonyms of,
_Manly_
_Many_, Synonyms of,
Many-sided words
_Margin_, Synonyms of,
_Marriage_, Synonyms of,
Marriages between words. Also see _Words_
_Marshal_
_Masculine_, Synonyms of,
_Matinée_
_Matrimonial_,... | The Century Vocabulary Builder | Bachelor, Joseph M. (Joseph Morris) | 1889 | 1947 | ['en'] | 104 | {'Vocabulary'} | PG10073 | |
_Qualm_
_Quarrel_, Synonyms of,
_Quean_
_Queer_, Synonyms of,
_Quick_
Quickly, Dame
_Quiet_
Quotations from literature, embodying old senses of words
_Raise_, Synonyms of,
_Rash_, Synonyms of,
Reading Lists
_Rebellion_, Synonyms of,
_Recant_
_Recover_, Synonyms of,
_Recrudescence_
_Reflect_, Synonyms of,
_Refuse_
_Reg... | The Century Vocabulary Builder | Bachelor, Joseph M. (Joseph Morris) | 1889 | 1947 | ['en'] | 104 | {'Vocabulary'} | PG10073 | |
_Tact_ family
_Tail_ family
_Tain_ family
_Take down a notch_
_Take hold of_
_Take the hide off_
_Take umbrage_
_Talk_ (noun)
_Talk_ (verb), Synonyms of,
_Talkative_, Synonyms of; Tameness,
_Tang_ family
_Teach_, Synonyms of,
_Tear_, Synonyms of,
Telegrams and night letters
_Ten, tent_ family
_Tend, tens, tent, ten_ f... | The Century Vocabulary Builder | Bachelor, Joseph M. (Joseph Morris) | 1889 | 1947 | ['en'] | 104 | {'Vocabulary'} | PG10073 | |
THE MIRROR OF LITERATURE, AMUSEMENT, AND INSTRUCTION.
VOL. 10, No. 269.] SATURDAY, AUGUST 18, 1827. [PRICE 2d.
* * * * *
DUKE OF DEVONSHIRE'S VILLA, CHISWICK.
[Illustration]
The lamented death of the Right Hon. George Canning has naturally
excited the curiosity of our readers to the vil... | The Mirror of Literature, Amusement, and Instruction. Volume 10, No. 269, August 18, 1827 | Various | ['en'] | 16 | {'Popular literature -- Great Britain -- Periodicals'} | PG10074 | |||
It is a remarkable coincidence that at this secluded and beautiful villa
Charles James Fox terminated his glorious career, in the same month, and
having arrived at the same age (fifty-seven) as Mr. Canning.
As many of our readers may be induced to visit this quiet and
picturesque spot, we would recommend them to pass ... | The Mirror of Literature, Amusement, and Instruction. Volume 10, No. 269, August 18, 1827 | Various | ['en'] | 16 | {'Popular literature -- Great Britain -- Periodicals'} | PG10074 | |||
Near this is the tomb of Dr. Rose, many years distinguished as a critic
in a respectable periodical publication.
In the church, in the Earl of Burlington's vault, is interred the
celebrated Kent, a painter, architect, and father of modern gardening.
"In the first character," says Mr. Walpole, "he was below mediocrity;... | The Mirror of Literature, Amusement, and Instruction. Volume 10, No. 269, August 18, 1827 | Various | ['en'] | 16 | {'Popular literature -- Great Britain -- Periodicals'} | PG10074 | |||
I revelled in the melancholy pleasure of these recollections, yielding
my whole soul to that witchery of sensibility which magnifies the
perception of being, till one of the bells was overset, when, the peal
stopping, I had leisure to think on the rapid advance of the day, and on
the consequent necessity of quickening... | The Mirror of Literature, Amusement, and Instruction. Volume 10, No. 269, August 18, 1827 | Various | ['en'] | 16 | {'Popular literature -- Great Britain -- Periodicals'} | PG10074 | |||
Your noisy people generally grow taciturn in their cups--but Sir
Blue-bottle, though he drinks deep draughts of your wine, particularly
if it abound in sweetness, is never changed. He is naturally giddy, and
according to entomologists, always sees more than double, while his head
was never made to be turned. So may yo... | The Mirror of Literature, Amusement, and Instruction. Volume 10, No. 269, August 18, 1827 | Various | ['en'] | 16 | {'Popular literature -- Great Britain -- Periodicals'} | PG10074 | |||
The number of judges in the courts of Westminster was by no means
certain. Under Henry VI. there were at one time eight judges in the
court of common pleas. Each judge took a solemn oath that "he would take
no fee, pension, gift, reward, or bribe, from any suitor, saving meat
and drink, which should be of no great val... | The Mirror of Literature, Amusement, and Instruction. Volume 10, No. 269, August 18, 1827 | Various | ['en'] | 16 | {'Popular literature -- Great Britain -- Periodicals'} | PG10074 | |||
TRIAL AND EXECUTION.
In days of yore, (says Aubrey) lords and gentlemen lived in the country
like petty kings, had _jura regalia_ belonging to the seignories, had
castles and boroughs, had gallows within their liberties, where they
would try, condemn, and execute; never went to London but in parliament
time, or once... | The Mirror of Literature, Amusement, and Instruction. Volume 10, No. 269, August 18, 1827 | Various | ['en'] | 16 | {'Popular literature -- Great Britain -- Periodicals'} | PG10074 | |||
F.R.Y.
* * * * *
MY COMMON-PLACE BOOK,
NO. XIX.
* * * * *
NOVEL WRITERS AND NOVEL READERS.
Auto-biography of men, who held no distinguished rank in the political
world, is often very pleasant reading; especially where the writer has a
strong tincture of v... | The Mirror of Literature, Amusement, and Instruction. Volume 10, No. 269, August 18, 1827 | Various | ['en'] | 16 | {'Popular literature -- Great Britain -- Periodicals'} | PG10074 | |||
Novels are productions more easily criticised than any others: every one
may judge for himself of the truth or probability of the events, and the
accuracy of the features of character. It is impossible almost to
deceive a reader--to palm upon him fiction for truth; for the truth is
felt, if it be there, and the falseh... | The Mirror of Literature, Amusement, and Instruction. Volume 10, No. 269, August 18, 1827 | Various | ['en'] | 16 | {'Popular literature -- Great Britain -- Periodicals'} | PG10074 | |||
* * * * *
CARRIER PIGEONS.
(_For the Mirror._)
It appears by the Dutch papers that pigeons are now used to forward
correspondence between different countries in Europe, and one was lately
found resting on a house in Rotterdam. The carrier pigeon has its name
from its remarkable sagacit... | The Mirror of Literature, Amusement, and Instruction. Volume 10, No. 269, August 18, 1827 | Various | ['en'] | 16 | {'Popular literature -- Great Britain -- Periodicals'} | PG10074 | |||
In this _flighty_ and _pigeoning age_, I would recommend a
_pigeon-carrier-company_, whose shares might be _elevated_ to any
_height_.
P. T. W.
* * * * *
MISCELLANIES.
* * * * *
NAMES OF SHEEP.
A ram or wether lamb, after being weaned, is called a hog, or... | The Mirror of Literature, Amusement, and Instruction. Volume 10, No. 269, August 18, 1827 | Various | ['en'] | 16 | {'Popular literature -- Great Britain -- Periodicals'} | PG10074 | |||
I remain, yours,
* *
* * * * *
SPIRIT OF THE PUBLIC JOURNALS
* * * * *
CHARACTER OF THE SEPOYS.
Our countrymen at home are frequently perplexed by the apparent
contradictions of a traveller from the East, when describing the
characters and manners of the ... | The Mirror of Literature, Amusement, and Instruction. Volume 10, No. 269, August 18, 1827 | Various | ['en'] | 16 | {'Popular literature -- Great Britain -- Periodicals'} | PG10074 | |||
_London Weekly Review._
* * * * *
HOUSE LAUNCHING.
The launching of the two brick houses in Garden-street was completely
successful. They were moved nearly ten feet, _occupied at the time by
their tenants_, without having sustained any injury. The preparations
were the work of some tim... | The Mirror of Literature, Amusement, and Instruction. Volume 10, No. 269, August 18, 1827 | Various | ['en'] | 16 | {'Popular literature -- Great Britain -- Periodicals'} | PG10074 |
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