DECEPTION, DECEIT. 61.  He was guilty of a long course of ——. 62.  Her character would be charming if it were not for her ——. 63.  He won my confidence by base ——. 64.  Deceivers seldom profit by their ——. 65. ——­ Is of the very nature and essence of sin.

EGOTIST, EGOIST.
66.  He is an ——­, for he is always talking about himself.
67. ——­s are the pest of society; they are always obtruding their ailments
    on others.

EMIGRATION, IMMIGRATION.
68.  The increase in Chinese ——­ is a matter for serious consideration by
    the United States Senate.
69.  The Chinese government encourages ——­ to America.
70. ——­ is one cause of the rapid growth of our population.
71.  The ——­ of the French nobility at the time of the French Revolution
    was a political blunder.

ENORMITY, ENORMOUSNESS.
72.  The ——­ of the cost of the civil war startles the student of history.
73.  Burke drew such a vivid picture of the ——­ of the Nabob of Arcot’s
    crimes that ladies in the audience fainted.
74.  Visitors do not at first realize the ——­ of St. Peter’s, at Rome.

ESTEEM, ESTIMATE, ESTIMATION. 75.  In what ——­ is he held by his townsmen? 76.  In my ——­ she is the best of women. 77.  We can form an ——­ of the amount of water in the air.

FALSENESS, FALSITY. 78.  We have already seen the ——­ of that hypothesis. 79.  Arnold was despised for his ——. 80.  Piety is opposed to hypocrisy and ——. 81.  The prince is in danger of betrayal through the ——­ of his servant. 82.  The ——­ of this reasoning is evident.

IDENTITY, IDENTIFICATION.
83.  The bodies were so disfigured that their ——­ was difficult.
84.  In no form of government is there absolute ——­ of interest between
    the people and their rulers.

IMPORT, IMPORTANCE. 85.  He heard the tolling of the bell and trembled at its ——. 86.  The oath of the President contains three words, all of equal ——­;
    namely, that he will “preserve, protect, and defend” the Constitution.
87.  He was engaged in business of the highest ——. 88.  You misunderstood the ——­ of my remarks.

INVENTION, DISCOVERY. 89.  Newton’s ——­ of the law of gravitation. 90.  The ——­ of the telescope was made by Galileo. 91.  The ——­ of the properties of the magnetic needle is said to have been
    made by the Chinese; also, the ——­ of gunpowder.
92.  The ——­ of the circulation of blood was made by Harvey. 93.  The steam-engine is one of the greatest ——­s of this age. 94.  The ——­ of the telephone is claimed by several persons.

LIMIT, LIMITATION. 95.  All kinds of knowledge have their ——­s. 96.  Titus Quintius was appointed to the command of the army without any
    ——­s.
97.  Athens insisted upon ——­ of the right to vote. 98.  The prisoners were free to roam within certain ——­s, but their
    employments were subject to ——.

MAJORITY, PLURALITY. 99.  If A has 21 votes, B 18, and C 10, A is elected by a ——­, not a ——. 100.  Smith had 37 of the 52 votes, a good ——. 101.  Jones had 20 votes, Smith 14, and Brown 11; Jones therefore was
     elected by a safe ——.