Alert ( page 28 ).
Questions.
1. To what do alert, wide-awake, and ready refer? 2. How does ready differ from alert? from prepared? 3. What does prompt signify? 4. What is the secondary meaning of alert?
Examples.
To be —— for war is one of the most effectual ways of preserving peace.
He who is not —— to-day will be less so to-morrow.
Thus ending loudly, as he would o'erleap
His destiny, —— he stood.