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"The Century Vocabulary Builder"


Then compare your list with the list under the antonym in Exercise A; if
possible, improve your list by means of this comparison. Finally, compare
your revised list with the list in Exercise C.
In Exercise C are two generic terms that carry the same idea (but not in
the same part of speech) as generic terms in Exercise A. They are as
follows:
In Exercise A: sing, death
In Exercise C: song, die.
Take _song_ and _die_. First, find all the satisfactory synonyms
you can for yourself. Then if possible improve your list by studying the
list under the corresponding word in Exercise A. Finally, compare your
revised list with the one in Exercise C.

EXERCISE C
After three introductory groups (dealing with thoroughly concrete ideas
and words) the synonyms in this exercise are arranged alphabetically
according to the first word in each group.
Discriminate the words in each group, and fill each blank in the
illustrative sentences with the word that conveys the meaning exactly.

observe, witness, behold, view>.
_Sentences_: The intruder he ____ in the early dawn-light might have
been man or beast; he could not have ____ one from the other.


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