EXERCISE - Confused
1. Consult the dictionary for the distinction between the members of each
of the following pairs. In each blank of the illustrative sentences insert
the word appropriate in meaning.
____ to receive knowledge. ____ to impart
knowledge.
He ____ from laughter. He steadfastly ____ from
evil courses.
Though he always displayed ____, he did not
carry it to the point of ____.
I shall ____ most of the suggestions, but must ____
the one made by Mr. Wheeler.
. When the package was ____ at the local post
office, Bayard refused to ____ it.
. The dull ____ of his head. A sharp ____ below
shoulder-blade. I have known the ____ of cold hands. "My heart ____, and
a drowsy numbness ____ My sense, as though of hemlock I had drunk."
. With firmness and ____ he set about reconciling the
factions. Her ____ enabled her to perceive that something was amiss.
. The magnetized iron filings ____. The cold iron
____ to the boy's tongue.
. The ____ of the heated particles to each other
was instantaneous.
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