History is an —— of philosophy.
The commander was resolved to make an —— to deter others from the like offense.
EXCESS ([page 160]).
QUESTIONS.
1. What is excess? Is it used in the favorable or unfavorable sense? 2. What is extravagance? 3. What is exorbitance? 4. What kind of excess do overplus and superabundance denote? lavishness and profusion? 5. Is surplus used in the favorable or unfavorable sense? 6. To what do redundance and redundancy chiefly refer? 7. What words are used as synonyms of excess in the moral sense?
EXAMPLES.
Saving requires self-denial, and —— is the death of self-denial.
Where there is great —— there usually follows corresponding ——.
—— of wealth is cause of covetousness.