HYPOCRISY ([page 204]).
QUESTIONS.
1. From what language is pretense derived, and what does it signify? 2. What is hypocrisy? 3. What is cant? sanctimoniousness? 4. What is pietism? formalism? sham? 5. How does affectation compare with hypocrisy?
EXAMPLES.
Let not the Trojans, with a feigned —— of proffered peace, delude the Latian prince.
—— is a fawning and flexible art, which accommodates itself to human feelings, and flatters the weakness of men in order that it may gain its own ends.
HYPOCRITE ([page 204]).
QUESTIONS.
1. From what language is hypocrite derived? What is its primary meaning? 2. What common term includes the other words of the group? 3. How are hypocrite and dissembler contrasted with each other? 4. What element is common to the cheat and the impostor? How do the two compare with each other?