English Synonyms and Antonyms Part 153

EXAMPLES.

The maternal relation naturally and necessarily divides the work of the ----s giving to woman the indoor life, and to man, the work of the outer world.

While in French every word is either of the masculine or feminine ----, the language sometimes fails for that very reason to indicate the ---- of some person referred to.

GENERAL (page 181).

QUESTIONS.

1. What does _general_ signify? 2. How does _general_ compare with _universal_? with _common_? 3. What ill.u.s.trations of the differences are given in the text?

EXAMPLES.

---- friendships will admit of division, one may love the beauty of this, the good humor of that person, ... and so on.

A ---- feeling of unrest prevailed.

Death comes to all by ---- law.

GENEROUS (page 182).

QUESTIONS.

1. What is the primary meaning of _generous_? the common meaning? 2. How does _generous_ differ from _liberal_? 3. What is the distinctive sense of _munificent_? 4. What does _munificent_ tell of the motive or spirit of the giver? What does _generous_ tell? 5. How does _disinterested_ compare with _generous_? 6. What is the distinctive meaning of _magnanimous_? How does it differ from _generous_ as regards dealing with insults or injuries?

EXAMPLES.

To cunning men I will be very kind; and ---- To mine own children, in good bringing up.

A ---- friendship no cold medium knows, Burns with one love, with one resentment glows.

The conqueror proved as ---- in victory as he was terrible in battle.

GENIUS (page 183).

QUESTIONS.

1. What is _genius_? 2. What is _talent_? 3. Which is the higher quality? 4. Which is the more dependent upon training?

EXAMPLES.

The eternal Master found His single ---- well employ'd.

No great ---- was ever without some mixture of madness.

GET (page 183).

QUESTIONS.

1. What is a person said to _get_? 2. How is _get_ related to expectation or desire? How is _gain_ related to those words? 3. By what processes does one _acquire_? Is the thing _acquired_ sought or desired, or not? 4. What does one _earn_? 5. Does a person always _get_ what he _earns_ or always _earn_ what he _gets_? 6. What does _obtain_ imply? Is the thing one _obtains_ an object of _desire_? How does _obtain_ differ from _get_? 7. What does _win_ imply? How is one said to _win_ a suit at law? What is the correct term in legal phrase? Why? 8. By what special element does _procure_ differ from _obtain_? 9. What is especially implied in _secure_?

EXAMPLES.

He ---- a living as umbrella mender but a poor living it is.

---- wisdom and with all thy getting, ---- understanding.

In the strange city he found that all his learning would not ---- him a dinner.

GIFT (page 184).

QUESTIONS.

1. What is a _gift_? Is _gift_ used in the good or the bad sense? Does the legal agree with the popular sense? 2. What synonymous word is always used in the evil sense? 3. What is a _benefaction_? a _donation_?

What difference of usage is recognized between the two words? 4. What is a _gratuity_, and to whom given? 5. What is the sense and use of _largess_? 6. What is a _present_, and to whom given? 7. What is the special sense of _boon_? 8. What is a _grant_, and by whom made?

EXAMPLES.

He gave us only over beast, fish, fowl, Dominion absolute; that right we hold By his ----.

True love's the ---- which G.o.d has given To man alone beneath the heaven.

"----, ----, n.o.ble knights," cried the heralds.

The courts of justice had fallen so low that it was practically impossible to win a cause without a ----.