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English Synonyms and Antonyms

by James Champlin Fernald

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Envious ( page 155 ).

Questions.

1. What do we mean when we say that a person is envious? 2. What is the difference between envious and jealous? 3. Is an envious spirit ever good? 4. Is jealous capable of being used in a good sense? 5. In what sense is suspicious used?

Examples.

Neither be thou —— against the workers of iniquity.

—— in honor, sudden and quick in quarrel.

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