EXAMPLES.

It is not ---- that the students will attempt to break the rules again.

It is not yet ---- what his motive could have been in committing such an offense.

It is ---- that something has been omitted which was essential to complete the construction.

APPEt.i.tE (page 54).

QUESTIONS.

1. Of what kind of demands or impulses is _appet.i.te_ ordinarily used? 2.

What demands or tendencies are included in _pa.s.sion_? 3. What is implied by _pa.s.sions_ and _appet.i.tes_ when used as contrasted terms?

EXAMPLES.

Govern well thy ----, lest sin Surprise thee, and her black attendant Death.

Take heed lest ---- sway Thy judgment to do aught which else free will Would not admit.

APPORTION (page 54).

QUESTIONS.

1. What is the special significance of _apportion_ by which it is distinguished from _allot_, _a.s.sign_, _distribute_, or _divide_? 2. What is the significance of _dispense_ in the transitive use? 3. What is it to _appropriate_?

EXAMPLES.

Representatives are ---- among the several states according to the population.

The treasure was ---- and their shares duly ---- among the captors.

APPROXIMATION (page 55).

QUESTIONS.

1. What is an _approximation_ in the mathematical sense? 2. How close an approach to exactness and certainty does _approximation_ imply? 3. How does _approximation_ differ from _resemblance_ and _similarity_? from _approach_? 4. How does _approximation_, as regards the cla.s.s of objects to which it is applied, differ from _nearness_, _neighborhood_, or _propinquity_?

EXAMPLES.

We have to be content with ---- to a solution.

Without faith, there is no real ---- to G.o.d.

Wit consists in knowing the ---- of things which differ, and the difference of things which are alike.

ARMS (page 55).

QUESTIONS.

1. What is the difference between _arms_ and _armor_? 2. In what connection is _armor_ used in modern warfare?

EXAMPLES.

---- on ---- clashing brayed Horrible discord.

There is constant rivalry between irresistible projectiles and impenetrable ----.

ARMY (page 56).

QUESTIONS.

1. What are the essentials of an _army_? 2. Is an _army_ large or small?

3. What term would be applied to a _mult.i.tude_ of armed men without order or organization? 4. In what sense is _host_ used? _legion_?

EXAMPLES.

For the ---- is a school in which the miser becomes generous, and the generous, prodigal; miserly soldiers are like monsters, but very rarely seen.

The still-discordant wavering ----.

ARRAIGN (page 56).

QUESTIONS.