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II. WORDS IN COMBINATION: SOME PITFALLS.

Tameness

Exercise

Sovenliness

Exercises

Wordiness

Exercises

Verbal Discords

Exercise

1. Abstract vs. Concrete Terms; General vs. Specific Terms

Exercise

2. Literal vs. Figurative Terms

Exercise

3. Connotation

Exercise

III. WORDS IN COMBINATION: HOW MASTERED

Preliminaries: General Purposes and Methods

1. A Ready, an Accurate, or a Wide Vocabulary?

2. A Vocabulary for Speech or for Writing?

The Mastery of Words in Combination

1. Mastery through Translation

Exercise

2. Mastery through Paraphrasing

Exercise

3. Mastery through Discourse at First Hand

Exercise

4. Mastery through Adapting Discourse to Audience

Exercise

IV. INDIVIDUAL WORDS: AS VERBAL CELIBATES

What Words to Learn First

The Analysis of Your Own Vocabulary

Exercise

The Definition of Words

Exercise

How to Look up a Word in the Dictionary

Exercise

Prying into a Word's Past

Exercise

V. INDIVIDUAL WORDS: AS MEMBERS OF VERBAL FAMILIES

Words Related in Blood

Exercise

Words Related by Marriage

Exercise

Prying into a Word's Relationships

Exercise

Two Admonitions

General Exercise for the Chapter (with Lists of

Words Containing the Same Key-Syllables)

Second General Exercise (with Additional Lists)

Third General Exercise

Fourth General Exercise

Latin Ancestors of English Words

Latin Prefixes

Greek Ancestors of English Words

Greek Prefixes

VI. WORDS IN PAIRS.

Opposites

Exercise

Words Often Confused

Exercise

Parallels (with Lists)

Exercise

VII. SYNONYMS IN LARGER GROUPS (1)

How to Acquire Synonyms

Exercise (with Lists)

VIII. SYNONYMS IN LARGER GROUPS (2)

Exercise (with Lists)

IX. MANY-SIDED WORDS

Exercise

Literal vs. Figurative Applications

Exercise

Imperfectly Understood Facts and Ideas

Exercise

X. SUPPLEMENTARY LIST OF WORDS

Exercise