AXIOM ([page 71]).
QUESTIONS.
1. In what do axiom and truism agree? 2. In what do they differ? 3. How do they compare in interest and utility?
EXAMPLES.
It is almost an —— that those who do most for the heathen abroad are most liberal for the heathen at home.
Trifling ——s clothed in great, swelling words of vanity.
BABBLE ([page 71]).
QUESTIONS.
1. To what class do most of the words in this group belong? Why are they so called? 2. What is the special significance of blab and blurt? How do they differ from each other in use? 3. What is chat? 4. How does prattling differ from chatting? 5. In what sense is jabber used? How does it compare with chatter?