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1. The _balance_ of the sum is due.

A First Book in Writing English · Edwin Herbert Lewis

1. The _balance_ of the sum is due.

2. The _remainder_ of the day is spent.

What relation exists between _balancing_ (_a book_) and _remainder_?

Character, reputation.

1. His _reputation_ for integrity is good.

2. His _character_ is beyond reproach.

3. A man cannot always control his _reputation_, but he can control his _character_.

Character is what a man ——; reputation is what people —— of him.

Compliment, complement.

1. Woman’s mind is by many considered the _complement_ of man’s, supplying certain things that the masculine mind has not.

2. His _compliments_ are really _flatteries_.

3. The secretary supplied the army with its _complement_ of stores.

Council, counsel.

1. His _counsel_ defended him in the trial.

2. Let good _counsel_ prevail.

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