ow does
_sensible_ compare with the above-mentioned words? 3. What does
_sensible_ indicate regarding the emotions, that would not be expressed
by _conscious_?

EXAMPLES.

To be ---- that you are ignorant is a great step to knowledge.

They are now ---- it would have been better to resist the first
temptation.

He was ---- of a stealthy step and a bulk dimly visible through the
darkness.

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CONSEQUENCE (page 116).

QUESTIONS.

1. How does _consequence_ differ from _effect_? both from _result_? 2.
How do _result_ and _issue_ compare? 3. In what sense is _consequent_
used?

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CONTAGION (page 117).

QUESTIONS.

1. To what is _contagion_ now limited by the best medical usage? 2. To
what is the term _infection_ applied?

EXAMPLES.

During the plague in London persons walked in the middle of the
streets for fear of the ---- from the houses.

The mob thinks by ---- for the most part, catching an opinion like a
cold.

No pestilence is so much to be dreaded as the ---- of bad example.

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CONTINUAL (page 117).

QUESTIONS.

1. How does _continuous_ differ from _continual_? _incessant_ from
_ceaseless_? Give examples.

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CONTRAST (page 118).

QUESTIONS.

1. How is _contrast_ related to _compare_? 2. What are the special
senses of _differentiate_, _discriminate_ and _distinguish_?

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CONVERSATION (page 118).

QUESTIONS.

1. What is the essential meaning of _conversation_? 2. How does
_conversation_ differ from _talk_? 3. How is _discourse_ related to
_conversation_? 4. What are the special senses of _dialogue_ and
_colloquy_?

EXAMPLES.

There can be no ---- with a great genius, who does all the ----ing.

Nor wanted sweet ----, the banquet of the mind.

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CONVEY (page 119).

QUESTIONS.

1. In what do _convey_, _transmit_, and _transport_ agree? What is the
distinctive sense of _convey_? 2. To what class of objects does
_transport_ refer? 3. To what class of objects do _transfer_,
_transmit_, and _convey_ apply? 4. Which is the predominant sense of the
latter words?

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CRIMINAL (page 120).

QUESTIONS.

1. What is the distinctive mean