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English Synonyms and Antonyms

by James Champlin Fernald

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Pride ( page 286 ).

Questions.

1. What is pride? haughtiness? arrogance? disdain? How do these qualities compare with pride? 2. What does superciliousness imply according to its etymology? 3. How do pride and vanity differ? 4. What difference is noted between self-conceit and conceit? 5. How do self-respect and self-esteem compare with each other and with the other words of the group?

Examples.

—— may puff a man up, but never prop him up.

There is nothing —— can so little bear with as —— itself.

—— is as ill at ease under indifference, as tenderness is under the love which it can not return.

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