EXAMPLES.
A statement may be disproved by deducing logically from it a conclusion that is ——.
Carlyle delighted in —— utterances.
The —— hatred of the Jews in the Middle Ages led the populace to believe the most —— slanders concerning them.
I attempted to dissuade him from the —— plan, but found him altogether ——; many of his arguments were so —— as to be positively ——.
ABUSE ([page 12]).
QUESTIONS.
1. To what does abuse apply? 2. How does abuse differ from damage (as in the case of rented property, e. g.)? 3. How does abuse differ from harm? 4. What words of this group are used in a bad sense? 5. Is reproach good or bad? 6. How do persecute and oppress differ? 7. Do misemploy, misuse, and pervert apply to persons or things? To which does abuse apply?