Colorless. Many booklets were sent to freshmen before they came to college.
Vivid. Fifteen hundred copies of the Freshman Handbook were sent during July to as many prospective freshmen.
Revise. Last year several fraternities were put on probation.
517. Use parallel constructions for parallel ideas.
Jumbled. The speaker compared college students in their search for an education to the processes used by a tree to gain its food.
Clear-cut. The speaker compared a college student in search of an education to a tree in search of food.
Revise. To be narrow is to be a helpless journalist.
518. Repeat a prominent word or phrase for greater emphasis.
Weak. Farsighted citizens of the town are realizing more than ever the possibility of the university’s becoming one of the first universities in America, not only in enrollment but also in scholastic standing.