Custom, habit.
53. De Quincey acquired the —— of using opium from first using it to relieve neuralgic pains.
54. Dancing round a May-pole is a —— many hundreds of years old.
55. As his —— was, he went to the synagogue on the Sabbath.
56. Man is a bundle of ——s.
57. Those national ——s are best which lead to good ——s among the people.
58. A loose life brings a man into ——s of dissipation.
59. It was the —— of Scotch Highlanders to go bareheaded.
60. It is a good —— to rise early, because this will soon become a ——.
Deception, deceit.
61. He was guilty of a long course of ——.
62. Her character would be charming if it were not for her ——.
63. He won my confidence by base ——.
64. Deceivers seldom profit by their ——.
65. —— Is of the very nature and essence of sin.
Egotist, egoist.
66. He is an ——, for he is always talking about himself.
67. ——s are the pest of society; they are always obtruding their ailments on others.
Emigration, immigration.
68. The increase in Chinese —— is a matter for serious consideration by the United States Senate.
69. The Chinese government encourages —— to America.
70. —— is one cause of the rapid growth of our population.
71. The —— of the French nobility at the time of the French Revolution was a political blunder.
Enormity, enormousness.
72. The —— of the cost of the civil war startles the student of history.
73. Burke drew such a vivid picture of the —— of the Nabob of Arcot's crimes that ladies in the audience fainted.
74. Visitors do not at first realize the —— of St. Peter's, at Rome.
Esteem, estimate, estimation.
75. In what —— is he held by his townsmen?
76. In my —— she is the best of women.
77. We can form an —— of the amount of water in the air.
Falseness, falsity.
78. We have already seen the —— of that hypothesis.
79. Arnold was despised for his ——.
80. Piety is opposed to hypocrisy and ——.
81. The prince is in danger of betrayal through the —— of his servant.
82. The —— of this reasoning is evident.
Identity, identification.
83. The bodies were so disfigured that their —— was difficult.
84. In no form of government is there absolute —— of interest between the people and their rulers.
Import, importance.
85. He heard the tolling of the bell and trembled at its ——.
86. The oath of the President contains three words, all of equal ——; namely, that he will "preserve, protect, and defend" the Constitution.
87. He was engaged in business of the highest ——.
88. You misunderstood the —— of my remarks.
Invention, discovery.
89. Newton's —— of the law of gravitation.
90. The —— of the telescope was made by Galileo.
91. The —— of the properties of the magnetic needle is said to have been made by the Chinese; also, the —— of gunpowder.
92. The —— of the circulation of blood was made by Harvey.
93. The steam-engine is one of the greatest ——s of this age.
94. The —— of the telephone is claimed by several persons.