5. I was [tired, fatigued, exhausted] with traveling and want of rest.
6. I made a most [awkward, ridiculous, absurd, grotesque] appearance.
7. A man is sometimes more [generous, liberal, open-handed] when he has but a little money than when he has plenty.
8. Dost thou love life? Then do not [squander, waste, spend] time.
9. He [continued, admonished, warned, counseled, advised] me not to let so good an offer pass.
10. The eagle listens to every sound, [looking, gazing, glancing] now and then to the earth beneath.
=Exercise 50.=--Fill the blanks below with words from the following groups of synonyms:--
I. Large, colossal, great, big, commodious, huge, vast, capacious, immense, spacious, huge.
1. Joan of Arc rode at the head of a ---- body of troops. 2. Our world itself is a very ---- place. 3. If a ---- giant could travel all over the universe and gather worlds, all as ---- as ours, and were to make first a heap of merely ten such worlds, how ---- it would be. 4. I pushed aside the heavy leathern curtain at the entrance, and stood in the ---- nave. The ---- cupola alone is sixty-five feet higher than the Bunker Hill Monument, and the four ---- pillars on which it rests are each one hundred and thirty-seven feet in circumference. The awe I felt in looking up at the ---- arch of marble and gold did not humble me. 5. The old lady drew a package of peppermints from her ---- pocket. 6. He lived in a ---- mansion with ---- rooms.
II. Tiny, little, small, diminutive, minute.
1. The Lilliputians were a very ---- people. 2. Each ---- point was carefully explained. 3. I met a ---- cottage girl. 4. Far away in the forest, grew a pretty ---- fir tree. 5. The lame boy was so ---- that they called him ---- Tim.
=Exercise 51.=--Consult your dictionary to get the exact meaning of each word in the following two groups of synonyms. Insert words in the blanks, using each word but once.
1. Funny, odd, strange, queer, grotesque, peculiar.
2. Brave, bold, daring, fearless, courageous, reckless.
1. He told us of many ---- happenings. 2. The bird has a ---- cry. 3. We laughed at the ---- story. 4. What an ---- stick he is, to be sure. 5. ---- faces were carved over the door. 6. It is a ---- coincidence. 7. He was a ---- bad man. 8. The ---- soldier was foremost in the fray. 9. The ---- deed was applauded. 10. He is a ---- man, and never considers consequences. 11. He seems to be perfectly ----. 12. The fireman received a medal for his ---- act.