Meadow, studded, illustrious, benefactor, dogmatic, resentment, handicap, machination, accretion, lucrative, bravado, tumultuous, physicist, liturgy, discard, disparage, ameliorate, deteriorate, inadequate, conversely, collate, idiosyncrasy, lair, taciturn, veracious, voracious, venal, venial, turpitude, diction, barbarism, perspicuous, perspicacious, lassitude.

p. Use correctly each of these phrases:

Disinterested motives; with bated breath; with open arms; browbeaten; influence over; influence with; impatient with; impatient of (a proceeding); hankering after; curry favor with; pander to; look askance; carry coals to Newcastle; bear with; bear up; bear inquiry; breach of faith; breach of promise; breach of the peace; take leave; take heed; take heart; take to heart; succeed to; succeed in; touch upon; touch at; taste of; taste for; trespass on; trespass against; warn of; warn against; responsible for; responsible to; pursuant to; perish with; perish by; connive at; embark on; embark in; eager to; eager for; reconcile with; reconcile to; at his wits' ends.

q. State the derivation and present meaning of each of the following words:

Bankrupt, sincere, egregious, gregarious, desultory, canard, poltroon, imbecile, caprice, right, wrong, solary, kidnap, tribulation, parlor, scrupulous, supercilious, intoxicate, kind, prejudice, dis

aster, pony, idiot, miser, dun, polite, cynical, explicate, astonish, inculcate, dilapidated, radical, cardinal, digress, attention, robust, parasol, salient, attract, cosmopolitan, automobile, ante bellum, Boer, vandalism, phonograph, psychology, recipe, kindergarten, puerile, crusade, pompadour, tyro, the bitter end.

r. Work the following phrases into sentences:

A flying column; as the crow flies; come off with flying colors; fly in the face of; foot it; on the footing of; set on foot; free course; free from; free with; a free translation; free of; a friend of; a friend to; wild-goose chase; worm one's way; castles in the air; liberal arts; liberal education; a prolix talker.

s. Report to the class the derivation of these words. Work the first eight into sentences.

Cynosure, fustian, hector, jeremiad, maudlin, pasquinade, stentorian, stoical, tawdry, canter, derrick, pheasant, magic, lynch, guy (noun, verb), sandwich, bedlam, quixotic.

PART FIVE

Accuracy in the Use of Words

DR. RALCY HUSTED BELL says: "I can scarcely conceive of anything so distasteful as the slovenly use of words on the one hand, or the pedantic display of them on the other. There is, however, a right usage of words which is not only pleasing to the ear, but necessary to the best intercourse between mankind."

We must remember that tact and discrimination in using words cannot be attained unless we thoroughly and sympathetically study some — the more the better of the masterpieces of English literature. Nothing can take the place of an intimate acquaintance with the artistic diction of classic English.

Yet the following studies in words will doubtless assist the learner in acquiring the ability to use English words with propriety and precision.

ABOVE, FOREGOING. Careful writers do not use above as an adjective or as a noun. It is better to say, the aforesaid, or foregoing, or preceding explanation, than the above explanation. The use of such locutions as above mentioned and above referred to has the sanction of the best writers.

Another unwarranted use of above is to make it serve for more than; as: above a hundred; above

a mile. The giant was not above (more than) six and a half feet tall.

ACCEPT, ACCEPT OF.- There is no reason whatever for inserting of after accept. One accepts an offer, but does not accept of an offer.

governments,

ADMINISTER, STRIKE.- Medicine, and affairs of state generally, are administered; a blow is struck. A New York paper reported that "Carson died from a blow administered by a policeman."

AGGRAVATE, IRRITATE. Scholarly persons do not use aggravate when they mean irritate, annoy, or provoke. By her continual faultfinding the teacher aggravated (say irritated) her pupils. He is easily aggravated (say provoked). To aggravate means to intensify, to heighten, or to make worse, that which is already bad, painful, or undesirable. It is correctly used in the following sentences: The continuous din and roar of the street aggravates the patient's suffering. By adding falsehood to theft, the boy aggravated his guilt.

AGREE, ADMIT.- To use agree in the sense of admit is a crude impropriety. I admit (not agree) that he has a better claim to it than I.

ADVENT, ARRIVAL. To use advent when the familiar word arrival will express the idea intended, is, to say the least, pedantic. To say, "We shall not go to the mountains until the advent of our friends from the South," sounds stilted. We speak of the advent of what is sacred, stately, or very important.

AGRICULTURIST, CONVERSATIONIST.- Agriculturist and conversationist are much to be preferred to agriculturalist and conversationalist respectively.

ALL, ALL OF. Instead of "Tom took all of them," say, "Tom took them all." Not, "I like all of them," but, "I like them all."

It is far better to say, "The agent sold books over all the state," than, "The agent sold books all over the state."

ACT, ACTION. - Both these words contain the idea of doing; but action contains the additional notion of continuity. This is aptly brought out in the phrase "an action at law." An act is a distinct and somewhat important doing. Action is applied to what is more general and continuous. We say "a kind act," ""a brave act." On the other hand: "Mr. Roosevelt is a man of action." "Life is action." Act is synonymous with deed; action, with motion.

ALLUDE, REFER. Few words are so often sinned against as useful old allude. It is not a synonym of mention or refer. Allude means "to indicate jocosely, to hint at playfully, . . . in a slight, passing manner." We refer to a thing when we mention it more directly, openly. Refer is seldom, if ever, used for allude, but allude for refer.

ALONE, ONLY.- The following nice discrimination between the use of these two words is made by Dr. Hugh Blair:

"Only imports that there is no other of the same kind; alone imports being accompanied by no other.