English Synonyms and Antonyms Part 133

CARRY (page 96).

QUESTIONS.

1. To what sort of objects do we apply _bear_? _carry_? _move_? _take_?

2. What kinds of force or power do we indicate by _convey_, _lift_, _transmit_, and _transport_? 3. What is the distinction between _bring_ and _carry_? between _carry_ and _bear_? 4. What does _lift_ mean? 5.

Can you give some figurative uses of _carry_?

EXAMPLES.

The strong man can ---- 1,000 pounds with apparent ease.

Napoleon always endeavored to ---- the war into the enemy's territory.

It was found necessary to ---- the coal overland for a distance of 500 miles.

My punishment is greater than I can ----.

CATASTROPHE (page 97).

QUESTIONS.

1. What is a _catastrophe_ or _cataclysm_? 2. Is a _catastrophe_ also necessarily a _calamity_ or a _disaster_? 3. Which word has the broader meaning, _disaster_ or _calamity_? 4. Does _misfortune_ suggest as serious a condition as any of the foregoing? 5. How does a _mishap_ compare with a _catastrophe_, a _calamity_, or a _disaster_? 6. Give some chief antonyms of the above.

EXAMPLES.

War and pestilence are properly ----, while the loss of a battle may be a ----, but not a ----.

Fortune is not satisfied with inflicting one ----.

Well had the boding tremblers learned to trace The day's ---- in his morning face.

The failure of the crops of two successive years proved an irreparable ---- to the emigrants.

CAUSE (page 98).

QUESTIONS.

1. What is the central distinction between _antecedent_ and _cause_? 2.

How are the words _cause_, _condition_, and _occasion_ ill.u.s.trated by the fall of an avalanche? 3. And the antonyms _consequence_? _effect_?

_outgrowth_? _result_? 4. What are _causality_ and _causation_? 5. How are _origin_ and _source_ related to _cause_?

EXAMPLES.

Where there is an effect there must be also a ----.

It is necessary to know something of the ---- of a man before we can safely trust him.

The ---- of the river was found to be a small lake among the hills.

What was given as the ---- of the quarrel was really but the ----.

CHAGRIN (page 100).

QUESTIONS.

1. What feelings are combined in _chagrin_? 2. How do you distinguish between _chagrin_, _disappointment_, _humiliation_, _mortification_, and _shame_? 3. Which involves a sense of having done wrong?

EXAMPLES.

The king's ---- at the limitations imposed upon him was painfully manifest.

He is not wholly lost who yet can blush from ----.

Hope tells a flattering tale, Delusive, vain, and hollow.

Ah! let not hope prevail, Lest ---- follow.

CHANGE (page 100).

QUESTIONS.

1. What is the distinction between _change_ and _exchange_? Are they ever used as equivalent, and how? 2. Can you distinguish between _modify_ and _qualify_?

EXAMPLES.

The tailor offered to ---- the armholes of the coat.

We requested the pianist to ---- his music by introducing a few popular tunes.