Part 6 (2/2)

SOLICITUDE, SOLICITATION

51 He made frequent ---- for money and clothes

52 My mother watched over my infancy with tender ----

53 Coriolanus yielded at the ---- of his mother

STIMULUS, STIMULANT, STIMULATION

54 He worked hard under the ---- of a desire to get rich

55 The providential ---- of conscience is always present

56 The doctor caentle ---- to the patient

III ADDITIONAL NOUNS SOMETIMES MISUSED[31]

ABILITY, CAPACITY--_Ability_ is the power of doing; _capacity_, the power of containing, of understanding, of acquiring

ADHERENCE, ADHESION--_Adherence_ is used of moral relations, _adhesion_, of physical connection We speak of the _adhesion_ of glue to wood, of a man's _adherence_ to the principles of his party

AMOUNT, QUANtitY, NUMBER--_Amount_ means ”sum total,” and is used of nus which are s which are counted

ARGUMENT, PLEA--”_Plea_ (in the legal sense) is properly used of the pleadings or the arraignument_ at a trial A _plea_ is always addressed to the court; an _argument_ may be addressed either to the court or to the jury A siue_”[32]

BALANCE, REST, REMAINDER--_Balance_,”the difference between two sides of an account,” is a commercial term, and cannot properly be used for _rest_ or _ree as well as of ss, and denotes a comparatively small part

CENTRE, MIDDLE--The _centre_ is a point, or a definite place; the _middle_ is a line, or a space, and is less definite than _centre_

CHARACTER, REPUTATION--_Character_ is what aopinion of his character

COMPLEMENT, COMPLIMENT--A _complement_ is a ”full quantity or number” or ”that which is needed to complete”; a _compliment_ is ”an expression of praise”

CONSCIENCE, CONSCIOUSNESS--_Conscience_ is that within us which distinguishes right fro aware of one's existence, thoughts, and surroundings

COUNCIL, COUNSEL--A _council_ is ”a body of persons convened for consultation” _Counsel_ denotes ”advice,” or ”a person, as a lawyer, engaged to give advice”

CUSTOM, HABIT--_Custom_ denotes the frequent repetition of the saether _Habit_ is the effect of custom in a person _Custom_ is voluntary; _habit_ is involuntary, often uncontrollable, sometimes unconscious

DECEPTION, DECEIT--_Deception_ is ”the act of deceiving”; _deceit_ is ”deceitfulness,” a trait of character; or a ”trick,” an ”artifice”

EGOISTS, EGOISM, EGOTISM--”The disciples of Descartes were _egoists_, the _ego_ being the basis of their philosophy” _Egoisoism_ is sometimes used also in the sense of undue adotisotisoisnates a systeration_ is theinto it Foreigners who corants_ frorants_ to America

ENORMITY, ENORMOUSNESS--”_Enormity_ is used of deeds of unusual horror; _enors of unusual size We speak of the _enoria's crimes, of the _enormousness_ of the Rothschilds' wealth”[34]

ESTEEM, ESTIMATE, ESTIMATION--_Estee out of use; the word now coard” is _estiment, based on considerations of probability, of the nu”

FALSITY, FALSENESS--”_Falsity_, in the sense of 'non-conforestion of blame, is preferable to _falseness_, since _falseness_ usually implies blame”[35]

IDENtitY, IDENTIFICATION--_Identity_ is ”the state of being the saiven thing, or who a given person, is”

IMPORT, IMPORTANCE--_Iuished fro i new, contrived or produced for the first time We _discover_ what existed before, but remained unknown

LIMIT, LIMITATION--_Limit_, in the sense of ”bound,” is preferable to _li,” or a ”restriction”

LOT, NUMBER--_Lot_ denotes ”a distinct part or parcel”: as, ”The auctioneer sold the goods in ten _lots_” The word does not reat number”; therefore it is improperly used in the sentences: ”He has _lots_ of money,” and ”I know a _lot_ of people in New York”

MAJORITY, PLURALITY--A _majority_ is more than half the whole nuiven for one candidate over those given for another, and is not necessarily a _majority_ when there are more than two candidates