Abuse ( page 12 ).
Questions.
1. To what does abuse apply? 2. How does abuse differ from damage (as in the case of rented property, e. g.)? 3. How does abuse differ from harm? 4. What words of this group are used in a bad sense? 5. Is reproach good or bad? 6. How do persecute and oppress differ? 7. Do misemploy, misuse, and pervert apply to persons or things? To which does abuse apply?
Examples.
The tenant shall not —— the property beyond reasonable wear.
—— intellectual gifts make the dangerous villain.
In his rage he began to —— and —— all who had formerly been his friends.
To be —— for doing right can never really —— a true man.
In no way has man —— his fellow man more cruelly than by —— him for his religious belief.