QUESTIONS.
1. What is massacre? butchery? havoc? 2. To what does carnage especially refer? slaughter? 3. Which of these words can be used of the destruction of life in open and honorable warfare?[464]
EXAMPLES.
Mark! where his —— and his conquests cease!
He makes a solitude and calls it peace!
Forbade to wade through —— to a throne,
And shut the gates of mercy on mankind.
The capture of Port Arthur was followed by a terrible ——.
MEDDLESOME ([page 238]).
QUESTIONS.
1. What is the conduct specially characteristic of a meddlesome person? of an intrusive person? of one who is obtrusive? officious? 2. To what is obtrusive chiefly applied? intrusive? officious? meddlesome?