Part 120 (1/2)

The cruelty and envy of the people ---- by our dastard nobles, who Have all forsook me, hath devoured the rest

State churches have ever been unwilling to ---- dissent

ALLUDE (page 36)

QUESTIONS

1 What is the distinctive sense of _allude_? of _advert_? of _refer_?

2 How do the above words compare with _mention_ as to explicitness? 3

How do _hint_ and _insinuate_ differ?

EXAMPLES

Late in the eighteenth century Cowper did not venture to do :

”I name thee not, lest so despised a name Should move a sneer at thy deserved fame”

ALLURE (page 37)

QUESTIONS

1 What is it to _allure_? 2 How does _allure_ differ from _attract_?

from _lure_? 3 What does _coax_ express? 4 What is it to _cajole_? to _decoy_? to _inveigle_? 5 How does _seduce_ differ from _tempt_? 6 Is _win_ used in the favorable or unfavorable sense?

EXAMPLES

The ruddy square of coht ---- hie

But Satan noiser than of yore, And ---- bypoor

He had a strange gift of ---- friends, and of ---- the love of women

ALSO (page 37)

QUESTIONS

1 Into what two groups are the synonyms for _also_ naturally divided?