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English Synonyms and Antonyms

by James Champlin Fernald

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Cause ( page 98 ).

Questions.

1. What is the central distinction between antecedent and cause? 2. How are the words cause, condition, and occasion illustrated by the fall of an avalanche? 3. And the antonyms consequence? effect? outgrowth? result? 4. What are causality and causation? 5. How are origin and source related to cause?

Examples.

Where there is an effect there must be also a ——.

It is necessary to know something of the —— of a man before we can safely trust him.

The —— of the river was found to be a small lake among the hills.

What was given as the —— of the quarrel was really but the ——.

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