Home-like, domestic.  “The scene was quiet and domestic.”  “It is home-like, inexpressibly dear.”  “To Waltham, heartsick from his wanderings, the room in all its arrangements was thoroughly domestic.”

Vigilant, watchful.  “We must be vigilant if we would maintain our liberty.”  “He was wakeful, even watchful, though not from set purpose.”  “He was vigilant for evidences of friendship.”

Building, edifice.  “It is a big, barn-like building.”  “Spare yonder sacred edifice.”  “This is the most imposing building I ever saw.”

Hole, aperture.  “I poked a stick into the aperture which the crawfish had made.”  “Through the aperture of the partly open door I gazed out on the street.”  “The hole of the hornet’s nest was black with the emerging and angry insects.”

Farming, agriculture.  “Two hundred students graduated this year from the college of farming.”  “For long years he had devoted himself to the homely, grinding tasks of agriculture.”  “I have looked rather carefully into the theories of farming.”

Rest, repose.  “He obtained some repose even while standing.”  “We wished for a moment’s rest from our exertions.”  “Worn out, he was compelled to seek repose.”  “Lincoln’s face in repose was very melancholy.”

Help, aid.  “The man was so injured he could do nothing for himself; I had to aid him.”  “Help, help!” “Aid us, O God, in our sore distress.”  “The little fellow could not quite get the bundle to his shoulder; a passerby helped him.”

Hide, conceal.  “By refraining from comment he hid his connection with the affair.”  “Wild creatures hide themselves by means of their protective coloring.”  “The frost on the panes conceals the landscape from you.”  “Do not hide your misdeeds from your mother.”

LIST J

In the following list only the native member of each pair is given.  Determine what the classic member is, and frame sentences to illustrate the correct use of the two words. (Make a conscientious effort to find the classic member by means of its parallelism with the native.  If, and after, you definitely fail in any instance to find it, obtain a clue to it through study of the words in List G. Every pair in that list is clearly suggestive of one or more pairs in this list.)

nightly,—­        motherly,—­
breadth,—­        buy,—­
hot,—­            fall,—­
thought,—­        sleeplessness,—­
fatherly,—­       yearly,—­
outer,—­          depth,—­
womanly,—­        speech,—­

LIST K

Discriminate between the members of each of the following pairs, and frame sentences to illustrate the correct use of the two words.