Nimble ( page 253 ).
Questions.
1. To what does nimble properly refer? 2. To what does swift apply? 3. How does alert compare with nimble? For what is alert more properly a synonym?
Examples.
Win her with gifts, if she respect not words;
Dumb jewels often, in their silent kind,
More —— than words, do move a woman's mind.
Profound thinkers are often helpless in society, while shallow men have —— and ready minds.