English Synonyms and Antonyms Part 113

QUESTIONS.

1. When is a fluid said to be _absorbed_? 2. Is the substance of the _absorbing_ body changed by that which it _absorbs_? Give instances. 3.

How does _consume_ differ from _absorb_? 4. Give instances of the distinctive uses of _engross_, _swallow_, _imbibe_, and _absorb_ in the figurative sense. 5. What is the difference between _absorb_ and _emit_?

_absorb_ and _radiate_?

EXAMPLES.

Tho the fuel was rapidly ---- within the furnace, very little heat was ---- from the outer surface.

In setting steel rails special provision must be made for their expansion under the influence of the heat that they ----.

Jip stood on the table and barked at Traddles so persistently that he may be said to have ---- the conversation.

ABSTINENCE (page 10).

QUESTIONS.

1. How does _abstinence_ differ from _abstemiousness_? from _self-denial_? 2. What is _temperance_ regarding things lawful and worthy? regarding things vicious and injurious? 3. What is the more exact term for the proper course regarding evil indulgences?

EXAMPLES.

He was so moderate in his desires that his ---- seemed to cost him no ----.

Among the Anglo-Saxons the idea of universal and total ---- from all intoxicants is little more than a century old.

ABSTRACT, _v._; ABSTRACTED (page 10, 11).

QUESTIONS.

1. What is the difference between _abstract_ and _separate_? between _discriminate_ and _distinguish_?[C] 2. How does _abstract_, when said of the mind, differ from _divert_? from _distract_? 3. How do _abstracted_, _absorbed_, and _preoccupied_ differ from _absent-minded_?

4. Can one who is _preoccupied_ be said to be _listless_ or _thoughtless_? one who is _absent-minded_?

EXAMPLES.

He was so ---- with these perplexities as to be completely ---- of his surroundings.

The busy student may be excused if ----; in the merely ---- or ---- it is intolerable.

The power to ---- one idea from all its a.s.sociations and view it alone is the ---- mark of a philosophical mind.

Numerous interruptions in the midst of ---- occupations had made him almost ----.

[C] NOTE. See these words under DISCERN as referred to at the end of the paragraph on ABSTRACT in Part I. The pupil should be instructed, in all cases, to look up and read over the synonyms referred to by the words in small capitals at the end of the paragraph in Part I.

ABSURD (page 11).

QUESTIONS.

1. What is the difference between _absurd_ and _paradoxical_? 2. What are the distinctions between _irrational_, _foolish_, and _silly_? 3.

What is the especial implication in _unreasonable_? 4. How do _monstrous_ and _preposterous_ compare with _absurd_? 5. What is the especial element common to the _ludicrous_, the _ridiculous_, and the _nonsensical_? 6. What are some chief antonyms of _absurd_?

EXAMPLES.

A statement may be disproved by deducing logically from it a conclusion that is ----.

Carlyle delighted in ---- utterances.

The ---- hatred of the Jews in the Middle Ages led the populace to believe the most ---- slanders concerning them.

I attempted to dissuade him from the ---- plan, but found him altogether ----; many of his arguments were so ---- as to be positively ----.

ABUSE (page 12).

QUESTIONS.

1. To what does _abuse_ apply? 2. How does _abuse_ differ from _damage_ (as in the case of rented property, _e. g._)? 3. How does _abuse_ differ from _harm_? 4. What words of this group are used in a bad sense? 5. Is _reproach_ good or bad? 6. How do _persecute_ and _oppress_ differ? 7.

Do _misemploy_, _misuse_, and _pervert_ apply to persons or things? To which does _abuse_ apply?

EXAMPLES.

The tenant shall not ---- the property beyond reasonable wear.

---- intellectual gifts make the dangerous villain.

In his rage he began to ---- and ---- all who had formerly been his friends.

To be ---- for doing right can never really ---- a true man.

In no way has man ---- his fellow man more cruelly than by ---- him for his religious belief.