QUESTIONS.
1. How does alleviate differ from relieve? from remove? 2. Is alleviate used of persons? 3. What are the special significations of abate? assuage? mitigate? moderate? 4. How does alleviate compare with allay? (Compare synonyms for [ALLAY].)
EXAMPLES.
To pity distress is but human; to —— it is Godlike.
But, O! what mighty magician can ——
A woman's envy?
ALLIANCE ([page 34]).
QUESTIONS.
1. What is an alliance? how does it differ from partnership? from coalition? from league? 2. How does a confederacy or federation differ from a union?