SYNONYMS. XXXVIII.-SYNONYMS.* [Notice carefully the difference in the use of these words.] 141 An impending danger is one which has been existing for a time and gradually approaches; a man is suddenly placed in imminent danger. It is necessary to be cautious at all times, but in matters of great importance we must be circumspect. The same duties performed day after day may become irksome; severe labor is wearisome; a long speech is apt to be tedious. It is possible to do a great many things which are not practicable for lack of materials, opportunity, etc. Fiction is opposed to what is real; fabrication, to what is true. Fiction is designed to amuse; fabrication, to mislead. What is poverty to one man is riches to another; indigence implies extreme distress; pauperism is entire dependence on public charity. Indignation is anger against an unworthy action; resentment is anger from a sense of personal injury. Enmity may be dormant or concealed; animosity is open enmity. *See Notes to Teachers, p. vi. 144 WORDS OFTEN MISPRONOUNCED. WORDS OFTEN MISPRONOUNCED. XLV. a măn’u ăn’sis ănti dote bul' wark eo' eȧ îne eŏch'i neal eon' çen träte con sol'a to ry eu'mu la tive ex'hor ta' tion ex pěnd'i ture ex pliç'it ex těm' po re ex tra'ne oŭs fǎe sim'i le fas tĭd'i oŭs fil'ial (yal) frie' as see' ġy rā' tion hăl gy on hi'er o glyph' ie hôr' ti eŭl' ture Ig' no min' i ous im mō' bile XLVI. in op por tune ir'i děs' çent ir rev'o ea ble mer' ean tile moe' ea sin ob strěp'er oŭs ol fǎe' to ry ôr' ehes trå pěn'i těn' tia ry pěr'i pa tětʼie pros' e lyte quan an tine qui'e tude re mon'strāte rep'a ra ble re quit'al săne' ti mo ny XLVII. si militude som năm bu lişm som' no lençe so nō' rous splĕn'e tic sten tō'ri an strĕn' u oŭs strỹeh'nine sub sid'ençe su' per çil'i oŭs ter res' tri al trans lu' çent trěl'lis truncheon (shŭn) tu mul' tu oŭs un'fre quĕnt' ed věter i na ry vin dĭe' tive vī rā' go vir'u lençe vī tū' per āte vo lu' mi nous whi' lōm wig' wam |