+Hearing+, audible stunning thundering deafening purling husky monotonous discordant melodious
+Smelling+, fragrant balmy odorous rancid fetid aromatic
+Tasting+, acid acrid pungent delicious insipid brackish palatable savory luscious
+Feeling+. rough gritty hard keen tepid sultry
Pupils will find little difficulty in largely increasing the lists above. Many other groupings may be made; as, of qualities learned by comparison, measurement, or experiment; qualities of the mind; qualities pertaining to right and wrong, etc.
Groups of nouns like the following may be made, and the pupils may be required to mention as many qualities as possible belonging to each of the things named:—
chalk ice brooks clouds water snow ocean music
Pupils may mention animals properly described by the following adjectives:—
timid fleet cunning ferocious gentle graceful sagacious venomous
Careless persons and those that have a meager list of adjectives at command overwork and abuse such words as—